Ties That Bind by Anne Patrick

Author:Anne Patrick [Patrick, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781517537746
Published: 2015-10-05T06:00:00+00:00

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Thanks to Austin's calming voice, Jo was able to get in two and a half hours worth of sleep. It was just after seven when she dressed in her running clothes, tied on her Nike's and went for her run. Reversing the route she usually took, she ran through her old neighborhood first. As she neared the street where she grew up, she paused at the corner as she always did and glanced toward her mother's house. The two-story Victorian with a wraparound porch and elegantly carved slender railings and columns looked to have a fresh coat of blue paint, as did the white trim.

Glancing up at the second story corner windows, Jo recalled how she used to stare out in anticipation when waiting for a friend to show up to rescue her from her dungeon. She could almost visualize herself running from those windows, out of her room, and riding the railing of the staircase to the bottom, and be out the door before they pulled up to the curb. It was a miracle she hadn't broken her neck on one of those daring escapes.

The front door opened and a small woman with gray hair stepped out onto the porch. A black shoulder bag was draped over her shoulder and she carried a newspaper in one hand, and a mug of what Jo knew was coffee in the other. A smile formed on her lips as the woman glanced at her wristwatch. ‘You're running late, Mom, better hurry.' Jo contemplated running on over and saying ‘hi', but knowing she had another day or two of work waiting for her back in her motel room, she didn't. Jo quickly ducked behind some bushes as the dark blue Saturn drove past.

It wasn't just work that kept Jo from talking to her mom. She was scared. Afraid her mother wouldn't understand the real reason Jo skipped out on her father's funeral.

Shaking the disturbing thought from her mind, she took off in the direction of the town's square, her pace quickening, the adrenaline wiping out the anxiety at seeing her mother after two years of being shut out of her life.

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