Nobody's Angel by Sarah Hegger

Author:Sarah Hegger [Hegger, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-02-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Carl was already sleeping when Lynne let them back into the house. Her mother’s face was drawn and pale. Her eyes searched Lucy’s face, but neither of them had much to say. In the end, Lucy gave her mom a quick hug and went back upstairs. She could hear the low murmur of Richard’s voice and then the door shut.

Silence descended over the house and Lucy let out a huge breath. It was still early in Seattle and she desperately needed to talk to Mads.

Lucy woke the next morning feeling wrung out, but resolved. Mads had wanted to hop on the next flight when she heard the story. Lucy knew the feeling. Her head and her emotions were in a dangerous place. She had barely managed to stop Mads from flying to the rescue, but they had agreed on one thing. It was time to do what she had come here to do and get out. She would focus on her list of amends and get it done. She couldn’t even think about her mother or Carl. It was too big for her right now. The possibility of failure jeered at her.

She found Lynne, as per usual, in the kitchen. It was past Carl’s breakfast time, so Lynne was eating her own meal and making one of her neat lists of things to do for the day.

Lucy was almost dizzy with the relief of not having to deal with her father right now.

“Good morning.” Lynne looked up when Lucy entered.

“Lu Lu?” Lynne’s voice wobbled. “Are you all right?”

“I’m fine, Mom.” Lucy managed a fairly convincing smile.

Lynne looked partially relieved, but worry lurked in her faded eyes. “Your father is not himself.” Her mother frowned and picked at the edge of her list with her fingernail. “He would never hurt you if he was. You know that don’t you, Lu Lu?”

“Sure, Mom.” Lucy eased onto one of the stools in front of the counter. Her shoulder was stiff from where she had grabbed the staircase and her knee felt bruised and sore this morning. “But he is getting worse.”

“Only since you came,” Lynne said. She must have realized what she was saying, because her eyes grew huge. “Not that I am saying any of this is your fault.” Lynne leapt to her feet and started pulling things out of the refrigerator. “I know he’s been difficult, but I have never seen him do anything like he did last night.”

Eggs, milk, and cheese hit the counter. Lynne whirled and clattered through her pot collection beneath the counter. “I spoke to Richard and he says he can give your father something that will help him not to get so angry.” Lynne cracked eggs into the pan. “He said that things will be fine if Carl takes his medication.”

“Richard said that?” Lucy wished her mother would stop scraping the metal fork against the bottom of the pan. It was making her teeth ache.

“Not exactly,” Lynne murmured quickly. “But I am sure it will.” The fork kept scraping against the pan as Lynne’s voice grew higher.

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