Marta Perry - Desperately Seeking Dad

They stood staring at each other, the bag trapped between them. Then his lips twitched slightly. “Something tells me that’s your favorite saying.”

“There’s nothing wrong with being independent.” She’d had to be, even when she was a child, even when she’d been married. She didn’t know any other way to behave.

You can’t do it all yourself, child. Helen’s voice echoed in her mind. Sometimes you have to let go and let God help.

“You can be independent and still let me carry your bag upstairs.”

She held on for another moment, then released the handle. With a half smile, he hoisted the bag, then grabbed a second one with his other hand.

Typical cop, she thought, following with an armload of her own. Give him an inch and he’d take a mile.

Unloading the car took only a few minutes with Mitch helping. She glanced around the same sitting room they’d had before, amazed as always at the amount of gear required by one small baby. Mitch set the stroller behind a bentwood coat rack.

“Looks like that’s it.”

She nodded. Maybe this was the chance she needed to set some ground rules for this visit. He had to understand that she wasn’t going to be a passive bystander to any investigation he planned.

“We need to talk. Have you found out anything more about Tina’s stay here?”

His eyebrows lifted. “It’s only been a day.”

“I don’t have much time, if you’ll recall. The hearing is in less than a month, and the results—”

The sentence came to an abrupt halt when Kate, holding the baby, stuck her head in the door. “Getting settled?”

Anne managed a nod, her heart thumping. In another instant she’d have said something about DNA testing, and Kate would have heard. She’d have to be more careful.

Mitch gestured toward the stroller. “Why don’t we take Emilie out for a walk? I’m sure she’s tired of being cooped up in the car.”

Now that was exactly what she didn’t want: to have the whole town see them together and speculate about them. “I don’t think so. I need to put things away.”

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