Welcome to Wardham: Contemporary Erotic Romance Bundle by Zoe York

Author:Zoe York [York, Zoe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Anthologies, Contemporary, Collections & Anthologies, Holidays
Amazon: B00JC5XQCI
Publisher: ZoYo Press
Published: 2014-03-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

“I saw some kids at the park.”

Paul looked up as his daughter entered the kitchen. “Sure, we could walk over there.”

“Dad…” He bit back a comment on her whiny tone. “You don’t need to come with me.”

“Yeah, Meg, I do. For a number of reasons.” He leaned back against the counter and tapped them out on his fingers. “Neither of us know this town yet, or the people here. We don’t get a lot of time together, so I was hoping we could, you know, do something. Together. It’s almost dinner time. And last, but definitely not least, you’re only ten—”

The last point was, as he expected, the one that turned his usually agreeable daughter into a spitfire. “I’m not a little kid!”

“I know. Sweetie, I know. As much as it pains your mother and me, you are growing up. And at your mom’s house, you can go to the park and walk to school by yourself because it’s familiar, and people keep an eye out for you. Here…we don’t know anyone yet.”

“This town seems pretty safe.”

He nodded. “It does. But…” Susan hated it when he used the looming threat of a boogyman, but screw it. She wasn’t here and he wanted to nip the conversation in the bud. “If it was perfectly safe, I’d be out of a job. Bad people are everywhere. Okay?”

It was a good thing his daughter was easily parented, because he was pretty sure he’d make a mess of a more challenging kid. “Okay.”

He pulled her into a reluctant hug and her head tucked under his chin. When did his baby get to be so tall? When did hugs become rare enough that he was just noticing where her head landed?

“Dad?”

“Mmm?”

“Can we make cookies?”

Not so big after all. “Yeah.”

She giggled against his chest. “Do you even have the stuff to make cookies?”

Probably not. “Go grab the laptop and find a recipe. I’ve got sugar and eggs, what else do you think we’ll need?”

“Uh, flour?” And the pre-teen returned in full eye-rolling force. He winced and she threw her hands in the air. “Come on, you don’t have any flour?”

“What would I use it for?”

“Cookies, Dad. You’d use it to make cookies.”

“I’m sorry.” For not having flour? He wasn’t sure that was something to be sorry about, but one thing he’d learned from his short marriage was that it was usually the right answer in situations like this. “Let’s go to the store, it’s a short walk.”

“No.” She shook her head, eyes bright. “Let’s ask a neighbor. Even better plan – this way, we can meet some of those people who will watch over me when I finally get some freedom.”

Before he could stop her, Megan was streaking to the front door. He trailed behind, dread and hope jockeying in his gut. Their front walk spilled onto the shared drive. Logic dictated that her first attempt at being neighbourly would be with Karen.

Maybe she wouldn’t be home.

Maybe she would.

Which would he prefer? No question, he wanted to see her again.

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