An Innocent Man by Margaret Watson

Author:Margaret Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1995-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Sarah stood beside Connor at the edge of the park just outside of town and felt the tension slowly coil tighter and tighter. Most of the town was gathered for their annual summer picnic, and she saw his gaze drift from group to group. The smell of grilling hot dogs and chicken drifted on the breeze, and the shouts of children echoed from the trees over by the playground.

She hadn’t said anything more to him about the picnic beyond stopping at his room and asking him again if he wanted to go with her. He’d said yes and they’d walked the five or six blocks to the park in a charged silence.

She’d avoided him since their encounter earlier that morning, hiding in her apartment and making up a whole list of chores that absolutely had to be done that day. She’d known it was cowardly, but she just couldn’t bring herself to face him yet.

Disturbed and still guilty about the passion that had burned between them, she’d decided she had to avoid him until she’d had a chance to think about what had happened and figure out a logical reason for it.

The explanation that had crept into her mind while she was scrubbing her kitchen floor had been immediately dismissed. There was no way she could be falling in love with Connor MacCormac. Love was a gradual emotion. You came to love a person slowly, after getting to know him, weighing all his good and bad points, and making a rational decision about your future together.

It wasn’t this passion that took control of your life, stealing all your logic and reason and turning you into a quivering mass of jelly. You didn’t fall in love with the man you’d blamed for your sister’s death for twelve long years.

Guilt washed through her again, and she said silently, Forgive me, Barb.

Aloud she said, “There’s Jenna and Danny. Let’s go and say hello.”

As they walked toward the woman and child, Connor said abruptly, “Tell me about her.”

She looked at him warily, and he smiled. “I’m not interested in her, Sarah.” His voice deepened as he added in a whisper, “I thought I explained that to you earlier.”

Blushing, she looked at where her friend stood unpacking a picnic basket. “Jenna’s wonderful. She’s the kindest, most thoughtful person in Pine Butte and one of my closest friends.”

“Why couldn’t she take her son’s kitten to the vet?”

She glanced over at him, surprised. She had no idea he’d picked up on that. “She doesn’t have a lot of money,” she said carefully. “She couldn’t afford to take the day off to go to the vet or pay the bill.”

“What does her husband do?”

“Her husband left her when Danny was a year old. She hasn’t heard from him since.” She didn’t bother to hide the fury she always felt when she thought about Sonny Franklin. “Jenna works in the grocery store. She has enough money to take care of herself and Danny, but it doesn’t extend to extras like big vet bills.

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