Never Coming Home

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Author: Evonne Wareham
Tags: Fiction, General, Suspense, Romance
Jamie still loved her dad. That was why I agreed to the American trip. I didn’t want to come between them, just because Jeff and I   …’ Her hand went to her mouth. ‘Oh God – was he planning to take her for over a year?’
    ‘Could be.’ Devlin hauled himself off the floor and onto the arm of the sofa. A weird, disconnected part of Kaz’s brain admired the way his muscles dealt with the movement. He was long and lean and looming alongside her. She glanced away, aware of heat in her face.
    It wasn’t the look of him, it was the fact that she’d nearly fainted. That must be what was making her cheeks pink. Something about disrupted blood flow. She was still disoriented, from almost passing out. Devlin had caught her. How embarrassing was that ? Enough to make anyone – well   –
    Is blush the word you’re looking for?
    She wriggled her shoulders. Women of twenty-nine didn’t blush. It had to be something else. What would the man think? That she made a habit of swooning into a stranger’s arms? Even though she’d told him she didn’t?
    She had to pull herself back to hear his next question. She wasn’t sure that he hadn’t repeated it
    ‘Do you know where Jeff is now?’
    ‘No. We didn’t keep in touch – after Jamie   …’ She shut down on the sudden stab, the memory of pain. ‘He said he wanted a clean break. I didn’t argue. He still gets post here sometimes. Last time I forwarded something it came back “Gone Away”. I don’t know where he is.’
    ‘Then you can’t take the easy route and ask him.’ Crooked grin, very Steve McQueen. ‘I guess you should think about this. Get some advice – maybe your uncle?’ He was standing up. Leaving?
    Kaz stifled what felt like a thread of panic. There was no reason for it. She could handle this. She wanted him gone. She needed   … space   … To get her thoughts in order. That was it. No space with him sitting on the end of the sofa, watching her. So strange to feel that he understood.
    ‘I’ve kind of dropped a bombshell into your life,’ he said quietly.
    ‘You could say that.’ She shook her head. It didn’t make it any clearer. ‘Like you said. I need to think.’
    ‘I’ll go now.’
    Suzanne uncurled from her position in a chair under her portrait. ‘I’ll see you out.’
    ‘Goodbye, Mrs Elmore.’ He raised one shoulder in a half-shrug. ‘I’m sorry.’
    ‘Don’t be, Mr Devlin.’ She looked up at him. It was important to say this. ‘If everything you’ve told me is true, you’ve just given me back my daughter.’
    If, if, if. Kaz reached for the brandy and poured herself another shot, shuddering as it hit the back of her throat. She heard the front door open and the murmur of voices, then the sound of the door shutting. Mr Devlin had left the building.
    ‘Darling, I don’t think you should get your hopes up.’ Suzanne came back, to put her hand on Kaz’s shoulder. ‘It seems – incredible.’
    ‘That’s why I believe it.’ Kaz breathed in sharply. ‘It’s just too incredible. What’s the alternative? A mix up? Two car crashes involving one woman and one child on the same stretch of road, at the same time ? Or is Devlin a liar?’ She shook her head as her mother sank into the seat next to her. ‘Why would the man make up something like that? It was all so casual. If he hadn’t said that – about my other daughter.’ She shivered . He’d been about to leave. He could have walked out of here, without you ever knowing.
    ‘He could be a very good actor?’
    ‘I don’t doubt that he is – but why come here? What’s in it for him?’
    She’d been trying to work that one out, and for the life of her she couldn’t see – which meant   … ‘Mum, his story makes sense.’
    She shut her eyes. Everything slotted into place, with a horrible symmetry – which meant that Jeff   … She swallowed down lurching nausea. She had to go slowly. She was taking the word of a stranger against the man she’d
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