Take Two by Hayden Wolfe & Nancy Corrigan

Author:Hayden Wolfe & Nancy Corrigan [Wolfe, Hayden & Corrigan, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-946672-04-9
Published: 2018-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

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“If it isn’t Veronica Gwendolyn Axel. So, who exactly did you meet that convinced you to leave my son?”

A full name. Heaven help me. Ronnie cringed, glad she stood behind Kyle. Eliza would see the guilt in Ronnie’s eyes and think she had dumped Kyle for another guy. She hadn’t, but Eliza wouldn’t bother asking the real reason for the remorse stamped on her face.

“Mom, enough. We didn’t come here for you to start a fight.” Kyle reached behind him and took her hand, drawing her closer to him. “If you’re going to be rude, we’ll leave.”

Ronnie gathered her courage and stepped from behind Kyle’s back. “I…umm…”

Eliza looked her up and down, but the anger lessened as she focused on her face. “What happened to you, child?”

“There was a break-in at the art gallery. I was attacked. My mom was killed.” The words rushed out.

Eliza hurried forward and grabbed her hand, pulling her into a fierce hug. “Oh sweetie, I’m so sorry.”

Just like that, the animosity in the room faded. Kyle’s dad wrapped his arms around her from behind, and she was sandwiched between the two people who’d acted as surrogate parents to her.

Memories rushed back. More regret and sadness choked her. She bawled, heart-wrenching sobs she hadn’t given in to over the week since the attack. There hadn’t been time. She’d been too busy with the funeral arrangements, the legalities of her mom’s death, and the shock she’d felt after her mom’s will had been read.

Eliza finally released Ronnie and led her into the kitchen. She heard a rush of hushed words and curses, but the swinging door muffled Kyle and his dad’s conversation. Eliza urged her sit at the round breakfast table and brought her a glass of lemonade.

“I’m glad you came to Kyle when you needed him.”

Ronnie took a sip of her drink. She set it down and swiped her finger over the condensation on the glass. Was that why she’d come? Her subconscious leading her back to the man who’d once promised to always be there for her? She didn’t have an answer. Avoidance was easier and safer.

“My mom left instructions for me to bring a bunch of paintings she’d made to Dad. She’d written her will right before he’d died.” She glanced at the older woman. “Anyway, I needed a break from the craziness of my life and decided to come out here and hang them in the cabin.”

Eliza tilted her head to the side. “That was a smart choice. It’s peaceful here, a good place to come in order to reevaluate your life.” She narrowed her eyes. “That is the true reason you came, isn’t it? Those paintings could’ve waited until you’d grieved.”

She shrugged and dropped her gaze to the worn tabletop. “I suppose. Living in our big house alone was hard. Too many memories.”

“You never moved out?”

“No. There was enough space to separate our lives. Besides, I liked having someone to eat dinner with every night.”

“No man in your life?”

She shook her head.

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