Shadow of Truth by Susan Sleeman

Author:Susan Sleeman [Sleeman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.

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Megan peered out the rear car window, the rural scenery flying past. Reid was driving her and Ella to his childhood home. Unbelievable. Visiting the place where he’d been raised seemed so intimate, and she didn’t want to grow any closer to him.

She glanced at her sweet daughter sleeping in her booster seat next to her. Her chattering during the drive through the city had helped distract Megan, but as the wheels hummed along the pavement, Ella had drifted off to sleep. If only someone else had ridden in the car with them to diffuse the tension. But Micha had gone ahead to clear the route, and Russ followed at a distance in his official police vehicle, making sure no one tailed them.

She shifted into a comfortable position and sighed. This was entirely too long of a drive, and her mind kept betraying her. They had to almost be there.

“How much farther?” she asked.

Reid laughed. “You sound like Jessie on our road trips.”

“Sorry. I rarely leave the city, so this seems like a long drive.”

“Have you ever been out this way?” He lifted his gorgeous blue eyes to peer at her in his mirror.

She gazed out the window. “My family used to come out here on weekends when I was a kid.”

“So you like the outdoors then?”

She stared out the window. “I suppose. Not that I’ve done a lot of outdoor things since Ella got sick.”

“Jess and I like to hike, and we have a lot of great areas around here for that.”

She kept her eyes on the scenery. The sun sank lower in the sky, sliding behind towering pines thickly lining the side of the road. Rushing river water tumbled downstream, and she could remember the sound as she’d trekked along it with her mom and dad as a child. Laughing, playing, they’d come home worn out and happy every time.

She smiled at the memory. “I’d forgotten how much fun we used to have out here when I was a kid.”

“I love this place.” His excited tone confirmed that. “Now that I’ve come home, I don’t think I could live anywhere else. Even if it wasn’t such a beautiful part of the country, I can’t imagine ever being away from family again.”

His life sounded idyllic. On the surface, of course. He’d suffered a great loss, but he seemed to have moved on. Something she could learn from him. Could she find more happiness while Ella remained ill? To make those moments she’d faked joy for Ella to actually be real?

What would it be like to live a normal life again? Maybe heading to a resort here for a fun weekend of hiking instead of rushing away from a stalker or sitting in a hospital as Ella fought for her life.

“Of course, our church family is here,” he continued. “They would be hard to leave too.”

She studied his face in the mirror. “All those times we talked during Fowler’s trial when I told you my faith was the only thing that kept me going, and you said you were raised going to church but didn’t ever attend then.

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