Just the Two of Us by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

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WHEN LIZ RETURNED HOME with her kids, Gordon was gone. He’d left no note. He’d just taken his bags and disappeared.

Now that her children were in bed asleep, she walked through the house feeling empty and alone. Finally she stopped in front of her mother’s picture in the hall. “What happened?” she murmured.

Chloe stared back, looking secretive and mysterious for the first time in Liz’s life.

Liz remembered the boxes of family pictures and papers in the attic of her father’s house. Was there something stored there that would tell her more? A letter? A journal? An apology?

Covering her eyes with her hands, as if that could block out anything she didn’t want to acknowledge, Liz shook her head. I don’t want to know, remember? But other faces appeared before her mind’s eye—those of the men in the neighborhood where she grew up, and at the church her family had attended, even the teachers she’d had in school. Had her mother slept with one of them? Was Jeremy Lamph from down the street her father? Or maybe Ryan Sudwick’s dad?

It was horrible to imagine her mother with any of those men, especially because they were all married. But Liz couldn’t remember any others. Except for old Mr. Winter. And she couldn’t picture her mother touching him in a romantic way.

Regardless of who her father was, her mother would’ve had to let a man sneak over to the house while Isaac was only a toddler and Gordon was at work.

Or had Chloe slept with a total stranger?

The concept of a stranger, a brief encounter, seemed more acceptable to Liz than any other scenario, but she didn’t want to entertain the questions that naturally arose from there: Where did Chloe meet this man? Where did they go? How did he convince her to break her marriage vows? Did they stay in contact? If her mother hadn’t told her lover about the pregnancy, was it because he’d have been angry? Uninterested? Upset?

Despite her reluctance to dwell on the various possibilities, Liz couldn’t seem to stop them from whirring through her head like tickertape. So she was grateful when the phone rang—despite the fact that it had been ringing all night. She’d talked to Isaac and Reenie. Then Carter had called to tell her he’d replaced the door at the shop with one they’d removed from the apartment and Keith had phoned to ask all the questions he couldn’t ask in front of the kids—if she’d enjoyed herself with Carter, if they were planning to see each other again. By the time she’d managed to convince her ex that she and Carter were merely friends, Senator Holbrook was calling to check on her. Reenie’s dad seemed especially understanding because of his own experience. He and Celeste shared a few of the details of the affair that had resulted in Lucky, Reenie and Gabe’s half-sister, and their story gave Liz hope that her mother could make a tragic mistake and still be an honorable person.

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