Fatal Deduction by Gayle Roper

Author:Gayle Roper [Roper, Gayle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Mystery Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Suspense fiction, Christian, Christian fiction, Religious, Family Life, Domestic Fiction, Sisters, Twins, Family Secrets
ISBN: 9781601420138
Publisher: Random House of Canada
Published: 2008-05-20T19:03:49+00:00

14

WHEN THEY PULLED UP in front of a white bungalow with a door and shutters of green, Drew studied it with interest. Anything that had to do with Libby Keating interested him, much as Libby herself fascinated him. This house was one more clue as to who she was, this intriguing combination of strength and wishful thinking.

He liked the strength. She had, after all, made a life for herself and Chloe in spite of long odds. As a single parent himself, he knew how unending the pressure was, how demanding it was to provide even a basic life for another dependent being. And he’d had an education to pave the way to a good job. And he hadn’t had Tori.

Yet for all Lib’s depth of character, she couldn’t bring herself to hurt Chloe with the truth about her origins, hoping against hope that she could hold that information secret. It was akin to Ben trying to keep his wife from knowing about his illegitimate son. Not possible. As Philadelphia in that day was way too small, so Libby’s world was much too crowded with people who knew. There was Tori, and that was complication enough, but her parents also must know. And Eddie, who now knew where she was and what a prize she had become, to say nothing of what a cutie Chloe was.

Slimy little moussed-up joker. Drew pictured Eddie strutting across the roof Saturday night with the sole purpose of upsetting Libby. I know Jesus died for him too, Father, but I don’t trust him any more than I trust Tori.

Drew climbed out of the car and followed Libby up the walk.

“It’s not much.” Libby pulled out her keys and unlocked the door. “Only two bedrooms. But it’s ours.” A quiet pride radiated from her.

The door opened directly into the living room, and even though Libby’d been gone less than a week, the house had that shut-up smell to it, all musty and closed.

“Since it’s an old house, it has no central air.” Libby flipped on a window unit in the living room and went through to the kitchen where she repeated the action. “That was one of the reasons the price was something I could manage.”

Drew looked around the kitchen at Formica counters of faux wood and cupboards painted a crisp white. The walls were papered in a blue and yellow plaid, strong and optimistic, just like Libby.

“Want a Coke, Mr. Canfield?” Chloe reached in the refrigerator and pulled out four cans.

Drew took it gratefully and trailed Lib back into the living room as the girls disappeared down the short hall to the bedrooms.

The house had just begun to cool when there was a knock at the front door. Libby checked through the peephole and got an expression of surprise. “It’s my mother and grandmother.” She opened the door, and the two older women came in, frowning.

Drew thought that if the older one would stop frowning, she would be an attractive woman with her short, curly light brown hair and large brown eyes.

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