Snowflake Sweethearts by Turansky Carrie

Author:Turansky, Carrie [Turansky, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2012-11-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Annie scuffed into the kitchen wearing blue fuzzy slippers and carrying her laptop. The delicious scent of pumpkin pie floated in the air as she poured herself a cup of coffee. She sat down at the kitchen table to keep an eye on the pie while it finished baking. She couldn’t let it burn, not after she and Emma had worked so hard to roll it, fill it and pinch the edge into perfection.

She glanced toward the hallway and smiled, remembering how Emma had protested going to bed before the pie came out of the oven. But Annie told her she could get up as early as she liked on Thanksgiving morning to see it.

For some reason that worked. Emma settled down, pulled the blanket up to her chin and closed her eyes, looking eager to drift off so morning would hurry up and arrive.

Annie’s thoughts shifted to Mrs. Carlton’s comments after Emma’s class program, and her smile faded. The teacher’s assumption that Alex was Emma’s father wouldn’t have been so bad if Emma hadn’t described her father as looking exactly like Alex.

Annie recalled his startled reaction, then cringed and lowered her head into her hands. He must think she’d been hinting to Emma that he’d make a great dad. She couldn’t deny that exact idea had run through her mind several times, but she hadn’t said a word to Emma.

Was her daughter picking up clues that she had feelings for Alex...or worse yet, was Alex?

She would have to be much more careful and keep her distance over the next four days. Then Alex would leave and the problem would be solved...or would it?

Alex thought she should tell Emma the truth about her father, but he had no idea how difficult that would be. There was no way to frame the story to make it less hurtful or humiliating.

What could she say about Kevin Seagraves? It had been six years since she’d seen him.

The memory of Brianna’s comments about Kevin’s arrest for embezzlement sent a sick wave of dread through her.

Was it true? Had he really stolen money from his company? Several times she’d been tempted to look for information about him online, but she’d always talked herself out of it...until tonight.

Maybe it was time she found out the truth, but she didn’t want Irene or Alex to know.

She tiptoed over to the doorway and peeked through the dining room into the living room. Irene sat in the recliner with her feet up, watching an old musical from the 1950s. Alex was stretched out on the couch reading the newspaper.

She crept back to the table and typed Kevin’s name in the internet search box.

Her heart hammered in her ears. Links to several websites popped up on the screen with Kevin’s name highlighted. She clicked on the first article from the Eugene Register-Guard Newspaper.

A photo of Kevin flashed on the screen, and a soft gasp escaped her lips. He looked much the same, but his hollow-eyed, sorrowful expression sent a chill through her.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.