Love Inspired March 2015 #1 by Leigh Bale & Rebecca Kertz & Teri Wilson

Author:Leigh Bale & Rebecca Kertz & Teri Wilson [Bale, Leigh & Kertz, Rebecca & Wilson, Teri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Love Inspired
Publisher: Love Inspired
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The next day, Jill tossed her purse on the kitchen counter in Mom’s house and kicked off her high heels. As she padded across the blue linoleum in her bare feet, she peeled off her jacket and placed it across the back of a chair. She circled around to the living room.

“Alan! Where are you?” she called to the house.

She longed to exchange her business suit for a pair of comfy blue jeans and sweatshirt, but that would have to wait. Her visit to the bank manager that afternoon had chilled her to the core.

In spite of being cold, she swiped at beads of perspiration at the back of her neck. Shock, fear and dread waged a battle inside her mind. She hoped Alan was here and not up on the mountain working. Mom had told her she’d be going over to the church to help gather gently used clothing to donate to the homeless shelter in Boise. Glad to have her mother busy in some project besides sitting around the house moping all day, Jill had contributed a couple of blouses for the worthwhile cause. Maybe she’d be able to talk to Alan in private before Mom came home and found out how upset she was.

“Hey, what’s up?” He emerged from the bathroom, combing his damp hair. An eruption of steam burst from the open doorway, telling her he’d just taken a shower.

She met his uncertain smile. “Did you just get off work?”

He nodded. “Yeah, I’m home early tonight. Going out with some friends. What did you need?”

She glanced at his clean blue jeans and red polo shirt. Because of his grimy work at the mill, he showered every night. But she caught the whiff of spicy cologne and wondered vaguely if he was meeting a girl instead of his buddies from the mill.

“We need to talk, before Mom gets home.” She did an about-face and gestured for him to follow her to the living room.

“Okay.” He sounded easygoing, his tenor voice so much like Dad’s.

Sitting on the sofa, she curled her bare legs beneath her and tugged the hem of her skirt down over her knees. Reaching for a tasseled pillow she hugged it close against her chest. Anchoring her arms around something solid helped settle her nerves while she waited for him to join her.

He sat opposite her, adding a few final strokes to tidy his hair. “So, what’s up?”

“I just paid a visit to Clarence Baker.”

He shot her a quick glance. “You mean the bank manager?”

“Of course, the bank manager. Do you know any other Clarence Baker in town?”

She didn’t mean to sound so sharp, but after what she’d been told, she was feeling rather grumpy right now.

Alan licked his lips and tossed the comb onto the coffee table. “I wish you’d told me beforehand that you were going to visit Clarence.”

She tossed him an accusing glare. “Oh, I’ll bet you do. Imagine my surprise when he informed me that it was Dad that took out the two-million-dollar loan.

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