Loyal Hearts (The Barrington Billionaires Book 4) by Danielle Stewart

Author:Danielle Stewart [Stewart, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-30T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“What happened at the gate last night?” Harlan asked, sliding a hot plate of breakfast in front of Dallas. He’d tried to refuse about ten times, saying that sitting for a meal wasn’t his style, but in true stubborn fashion she ignored him. Her mother still wasn’t feeling well, although Harlan knew it had far less to do with any kind of flu and more to do with being rattled by the excitement of the perimeter breach. Those things shook her nerves and usually kept her in bed. “Once I saw you were down there I ran the bath. You’d have tripped the alarm if it was anything serious.”

“It was Ry—” He hesitated as he looked over at the girls who were pouring far too much syrup on their pancakes. “R-Y-L-I-E” he spelled, knowing that trick.

“I just wish . . .” Harlan said, sinking into her chair and pushing her scrambled eggs around.

“I sent him somewhere to get help. It’s small, effective, and he’d have a good shot at recovery if he really wants that.”

“Why?” Harlan asked, mixed emotions flooding her. Rylie getting better, even the hope of him recovering was something she had hoped for but never really let herself believe.

“Because he needs it,” Dallas said matter-of-factly between bites of bacon.

“Oh,” she said, tilting her head and eyeing him skeptically. Dallas was on her brothers’ short list of trusted friends; he’d proven himself reliable and effective. She hadn’t prepared for him to be a good man too. How could all of that be in one person? If marriage, her life really, had taught her anything it was that the old adage too good to be true was profoundly reliable. “Thanks for doing that. You didn’t have to.”

“I know,” Dallas said. “You didn’t have to make me breakfast. So we’re both going above and beyond.”

“Can we watch television?” Anna asked, her plate already in her hands ready to run to the other room.

“Fine,” Harlan sighed, smiling at her daughters as they snuck away. “We should get back to our own house, our own routine. I’m caving to them on everything. I feel bad our lives are so upended that every time they ask for something I’m saying yes.”

“There are worse things.” Dallas shrugged, demolishing his breakfast at lightning speed. “This will pass. You’ll get your bearings again.”

“I hope so,” Harlan said, refilling his glass of orange juice. “But until then let them eat in the living room. Let them stay up a few minutes more. And while they do that we can work on Tim’s case, right?”

“Right,” Dallas agreed. “I’ve got a few ideas for that. I put in some calls to people, and I think digging deeper into Angus is the way to go. I looked into Larry thoroughly over the last few months. I know he was mixed up in a bunch of petty crimes and spent most of his time at a pool hall at night. His parents had cut him off a few months earlier, and he had started driving for a car service.

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