Echo of Danger by Marta Perry

Author:Marta Perry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

DEIDRE PULLED THE car up to the back door, not quite able to believe how things had changed in the course of a few hours. She’d left home annoyed with Jason and determined to keep him at arm’s length. Now...

Now, even though very little had been said between them, everything had changed. They had crossed a chasm in their relationship, and neither of them could pretend it hadn’t changed. Whatever happened from this point, things were now different.

They got out of the car, and Kevin, having gotten a second wind, immediately started badgering Jason to play ball with him.

“Enough, Kev. Jason will think you have no manners at all. Thank him for coming with us, and then you can help carry things inside.”

Abashed, Kev picked up his backpack. “Thank you for coming. But you had a good time, didn’t you? I’m glad you came. Aren’t you glad?”

“Very glad.” Jason ruffled her son’s hair affectionately, and the look he gave Deidre brought the heat rushing to her face. “Now let’s help clean up, okay?”

Between them they grabbed all the bags, leaving her with nothing to do but unlock the back door. She held it while they entered and then let it swing closed.

“Just put those on the kitchen counter, and I’ll take care of our leftovers right away.”

“Okay.” Kevin scurried ahead to swing his backpack up to the counter. Jason reached over his head to deposit his backpack and hers.

Deidre unzipped her bag and started pulling out the contents. Too bad that such a perfect excursion left its supply of cleanup to be dealt with. She eyed the soggy remains of chicken bones and started emptying and rinsing iced tea bottles for recycling. Behind her, she heard Kevin return to the attack.

“Want to play ball for a bit? Hey, Mommy, can Jason stay for supper?”

“You’re thinking about the next meal already?” she teased.

Jason grinned. “Your mother fixed the picnic, Kev. It’s not fair to expect her to make supper, too. How about I go get a pizza?”

The idea of spending even more time in his company was nearly irresistible. “I think...” she began, and abruptly lost the thread of her words as she glanced into the workroom, fear freezing her voice.

Jason was at her side in a moment. His hand closed on her arm. “What is it?” he said softly.

His grip steadied her enough to speak with some semblance of normality. “Kevin, run out back and see if the flowers I brought home yesterday need a drink.”

“I’ll water them,” Kev said, instantly distracted by the idea of messing with water. The door banged behind him as he bolted out.

She met Jason’s eyes, hoping she didn’t look as shaken as she felt. “Someone’s been in the house while we were gone.”

He drew her a little closer to him. “Are you sure? How can you tell?”

Deidre nodded toward the workroom. “That box on the table—it was closed and stowed on the floor when I went out this morning. Now half the contents are strewed on the table.

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