Return to Me

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Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
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more supportive.” Years ago he’d failed his wife in the same way. “I could have sent her off with my blessings instead of trying to force my will on her, instead of acting like I knew best. She wasn’t a child, but I treated her like one. If your mother were still alive ⎯ ”
    “You called Roxy all the time after she left. You told her you loved her and wanted the best for her. She’s the one who refused to call you back. She’s the one who chose to be vindictive.” Elena
    crossed her arms over her chest. “She always was stubborn as a rock.”
    The one regard in which Jonathan and his daughters were all the same. God forgive me.
    “I pray she’ll come home soon.” He returned to the execu- tive chair behind his desk and sat down. “That’s always my prayer. Come home, Roxy.”
    A few years before, after her phone number had been discon- nected, Jonathan hired an investigator to find Roxy. He was afraid of what the detective might find but more afraid of not know- ing the truth. The report brought some comfort — but also greater worries.
    Subject recently moved into a small apartment in a modest neigh-
    borhood and is working as a waitress , the report stated. She does not appear to be pursuing a music career at this time, having severed her relationship with a talent agent. She frequents clubs several nights a week and is often seen with different men as her escort.
    Elena said, “It’s been seven years without a word. She doesn’t want to see us, Dad. You’ve tried your best, but you need to let it go. For your own sake.”
    “I can’t, Elena. She’s my daughter. God is a God of miracles. I have to believe He’ll bring your sister home in the fullness of time.”
    Please, God. Let that be soon.
    =

    “We’ll be here a little more than an hour, folks,” the bus driver said as the passengers disembarked in Kansas City, Missouri, just before noon.
    Since leaving Nashville thirteen hours before, they’d made seven stops in four states and changed buses once. No wonder it took almost two days to reach Idaho.
    After using the restroom, Roxy bought herself a deli sandwich and a Diet Coke at the food service counter inside the terminal, then took a seat near the window to eat her lunch. Welcome rays of sunshine spilled through the glass and onto her lap, warming her chilled bones.
    Feminine laughter drew Roxy’s gaze. A young couple— twenty years old, at most — sat across from her, their arms entwined, their faces close together, one of the girl’s legs draped over the boy’s lap. So entranced by each other they were oblivious to the world around them. As the girl caressed the side of the boy’s face, the tiny dia- mond in her wedding ring reflected the sunlight.
    Newlyweds. No wonder. They were probably on their honey- moon without two nickels to rub together.
    Love. They called it being in love. Roxy almost remembered what that felt like. Almost.
    She closed her eyes as a series of men’s faces drifted through her mind. Some young. Some older. Some with money. Some pen- niless. Some she’d known for many months. Some who’d been acquaintances, diversions, passing fancies, one-night stands. They hadn’t loved her. She hadn’t loved them.
    No, she had to go back many years to find any relationship that resembled love. She had to go all the way back to . . .
    Wyatt .
    He’d loved her once, and she’d loved him. But not enough. They wanted different things. He wanted to study the law and had worked hard to get a scholarship to make that dream come true. She wanted to be a country singing star and had expected it to be handed to her on a silver platter. So while they sometimes talked about the future as if they would always be together, they didn’t use the word marriage . At least she never did.
    While she waited for her twenty-fifth birthday to arrive — and with it, the inheritance from her grandmother — Roxy thought she could convince Wyatt to move to Nashville with her. After
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