Burned (Vanessa Pierson Series book 2)
“After the pointed click of the door closing, he smiled at his own image reflected in one of the half-dozen family portraits adorning his desk. He had made her sweat. She had been cranky and uncooperative and Asian to boot. His father would have called her a wannabe inscrutable Oriental and would have said watch out for the Chinks—they’ll own America someday if we don’t teach them about Jesus.
Jeffreys made a very small adjustment to the photograph of Eileen, his wife of twenty-eight years, and ...the mother of his two sons and four daughters. Coiffed and wearing full makeup in this photo, Eileen looked almost like her younger self. She was still pretty enough, although nothing like the radiant bride he’d married.
He frowned as he pictured Eileen in contrast to the recent visitor to his office. She could only be described as irritatingly unfeminine, but industrious, he’d give her that. And she had shared information with him—even when she tried so hard to hold back to protect her friend.MoreLess
Jeffreys made a very small adjustment to the photograph of Eileen, his wife of twenty-eight years, and ...the mother of his two sons and four daughters. Coiffed and wearing full makeup in this photo, Eileen looked almost like her younger self. She was still pretty enough, although nothing like the radiant bride he’d married.
He frowned as he pictured Eileen in contrast to the recent visitor to his office. She could only be described as irritatingly unfeminine, but industrious, he’d give her that. And she had shared information with him—even when she tried so hard to hold back to protect her friend.MoreLess
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