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rather be in the passenger side this time so that she could tune out the distractions and try to resolve the mystery that was her father’s life…her life. It was hard to comprehend that the fine upstanding man she had always loved and respected might have betrayed her mother. It would do Taryn no good to ponder it now when she and Ethan were almost to his parents’ house. “She try to hit you up for a one-night stand?”
    “Believe it or not, she apologized.”
    Ethan made the turn onto his parents’ road. Mrs. Chambers had invited Taryn to dinner many times before and she loved the familiar and relaxed setting. It wasn’t that she hadn’t had a wonderful childhood. She had. She always knew that her parents had loved her, but her father had passed away a couple of years ago due to a massive heart attack and her mother had withdrawn into herself, and nothing Taryn said or did seemed to help. Her questions regarding her parents’ past didn’t make things better either. It was nice to feel as if she were part of a family again, surrounded by people that loved one another and showed it. Ethan turned into the drive and she realized that he never expanded on the apology thing.
    “What did she apologize for?” Taryn unfastened her seatbelt but didn’t get out of the SUV. She couldn’t picture Fallon being the type of woman to say she was sorry. “Ending things the way she did or being a bitch? Wait. That’s the same thing, isn’t it?”
    “She’s not technically a bitch,” Ethan said, giving Taryn another pointed look. “She apologized for making it seem that she sympathized with Ryland. Look, I’ve never been a fan of profiling. Let’s face it…it’s always a male in his thirties who had mommy issues. It tells us nothing that we don’t already know. Did you run into her today after I left?”
    “No,” Taryn answered, opening her door. For once, something had gone her way. She hadn’t really wanted to get into a conversation with Fallon Canna. “I stayed in my office most of the day mapping out a family tree. I concluded that Aunt Lisa is the first person we need to speak with when we arrive in Houston. I’m not so sure the cousins will have any useful information.”
    Taryn hopped out of the vehicle and shut her door. Meeting Ethan around the front of her Pathfinder, they slowly walked up the gravel lined river rock pathway that led across the large front lawn together. She swore she could smell the food from out here and her mouth watered. It was the end of April and although the snow was gone, there was always a potential for one late storm to hit. The air still held a chill but she didn’t mind. She was warm enough in an old comfortable Navy sweatshirt which made wearing her side holster easy as it covered it nicely. She never felt comfortable being armed in Ethan’s parents’ house, although he walked around as if he’d been born with a leather holster attached to his chest. It wasn’t as if their home lacked weaponry. There were old Sharps carbines displayed above the fireplace mantle and she knew of at least two other weapons cabinets.
    “We can discuss our strategy on the drive to Houston tomorrow.” Ethan stopped Taryn from entering the house by placing a hand on her arm. She faced him standing on the old fashioned wraparound porch of a two-story home that transported a person back to a time when the whole family spent their evenings discussing the rural news as they watched the natural wonders of nature drift by. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers were very easygoing people who didn’t stand on ceremony. They discouraged her from knocking before she came in on the nights she was invited to dinner. It was obvious Ethan wanted to say something that he didn’t want his parents to overhear. “Let’s enjoy tonight. I’m not going to lie. I’m worried about you, Squid. You’re not eating right, not sleeping enough, and you haven’t been talking to me lately. This is a lot to take for anyone and I