Faith, Hope And Family by Gina Wilkins

Author:Gina Wilkins [Wilkins, Gina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Silhouette Special Edition
Published: 2003-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

It took several trips to carry all the bags and packages from the car into Lenore’s kitchen later that afternoon. Deborah piled the last of the purchases onto the kitchen table with a sigh of relief.

“I knew we’d bought a lot, but not quite this much.” She turned to her mother, who had been standing at the counter leafing through the bills and advertisements that made up a typical mail delivery. “We found some pretty good — what’s wrong?”

Deborah was afraid she already knew the answer to the abrupt question. Lenore confirmed her fear by wordlessly holding out an unopened envelope.

A feeling of dread flooded through Deborah, crowding out the pleasantly weary aftereffects of the shopping excursion. “Is that—”

Lenore nodded. “I recognize the handwriting.”

“Are you going to open it?”

“Maybe we should call Dylan first.”

Deborah looked at the envelope, torn between ripping into it and tossing it into the trash. Because she had promised Dylan she would contact him immediately if another letter should arrive, she sighed and agreed. “I’ll call him. Maybe he should be the one to open it.”

It took Dylan less than half an hour to get there. He arrived just after Nathan, whom Deborah had insisted on calling after they’d contacted Dylan. Leaving Nathan in the kitchen with their mother, Deborah hurried to answer when Dylan rang the doorbell.

Dylan took one look at Deborah’s face and reached out to place both hands on her shoulders. “Are you okay? You’re as pale as a ghost.”

It was only because of the trying circumstances that Deborah found such comfort — in his concern, she assured herself. And only because she was so tired that his touch made her want to move closer to him. “I’m okay. Just furious that whoever is doing this won’t leave us alone.”

“Have you read it?”

“No. We thought it best to wait for you and Nathan.”

He nodded, his gaze still locked on her face. “Try not to worry too much, Deb. There’s no way I would let anything happen to your mother or to anyone else in your family.”

“I know that,” she struggled for a casual smile. “After all, it is your job.”

“It’s more than my job, damn it.” His voice was rough-edged now, wiping any attempt at a smile from her face. “You know that.”

Her eyes locked with his, and what she saw there made her breath lodge in her throat. She couldn’t have spoken then even if she had known what to say.

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