Loree Lough - Suddenly Married

Why did his tone of voice, his choice of words, remind her of when her father used to begin her childhood scoldings with “This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you”?

“I gave a lot of thought to what you’d said the other day in your father’s office, that he wasn’t the kind of man who could steal.”

Dara’s heart hammered; her palms grew moist. This was going to be much more serious than any reprimand her dad had ever doled out.

“I never had the pleasure of meeting him,” Noah continued, “but his reputation as an honest businessman was well-known…and well-deserved, from everything I’ve heard. That’s what prompted me to take another look into this matter of…of embezzlement.”

Embezzlement. The word echoed loudly, harshly, in her ears, like the deep, repeating grate of the school’s fire alarm.

“You sounded so sure of his innocence,” Noah said, “that it made me believe if I dug deep enough, looked long enough, I might just find the proof you were talking about, proof that would clear his name.”

“You’re not going to believe this, but…”

“But what?”

“I came here tonight hoping to discuss that very thing with you.”

His furrowed brow told her he still didn’t understand.

“I was hoping you’d go to work for me, looking for…looking for—”

“Proof that would clear your father’s name?” he repeated.

Dara nodded. “You didn’t find it, did you?”

His somber expression was her answer.

Noah took a deep breath, handed Dara the file. “I didn’t leave a stone unturned. I checked into everything. No one escaped my scrutiny, not the board of directors, not Kurt Turner, not the bookkeeper or even the secretary.” Noah paused, still frowning. “Only a handful of people had access to that money, and each one of them could account for every cent.” He met her eyes, his frown intensifying slightly. “The trail deadends at your father’s door.”

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