Escape From Fear (2002)
“Although Olivia wasn’t close enough for Jack to read her expression, he could tell by the way she moved that she was worried. Hugging her sides, she hurried after Steven, who marched up the restaurant steps.
“Forrest, are you all right?” Steven asked when he reached them. “Denise told us everything that happened with you and Cimmaron. I’m sorry your mother didn’t show up.”
“I’m fine, sir. Actually, I’m feeling great. Cimmaron just left.”
“She came? Here, to the restaurant?” Olivia asked, incred...ulous. “But Denise, she said—I thought—”
Forrest smiled broadly, exposing perfect white teeth. “Cimmaron didn’t have time to stay, so she wants me to meet her tonight at Harbor Park. She’s a storyteller. It’s all right if I go, isn’t it? Jack and Ashley, too, and you and Mr. Landon, naturally, will be welcome as well. You’re excited about coming to hear Cimmaron, aren’t you, Ashley?”
He lasered his eyes onto Ashley, who quickly nodded yes.
“And you, Jack?”MoreLess
“Forrest, are you all right?” Steven asked when he reached them. “Denise told us everything that happened with you and Cimmaron. I’m sorry your mother didn’t show up.”
“I’m fine, sir. Actually, I’m feeling great. Cimmaron just left.”
“She came? Here, to the restaurant?” Olivia asked, incred...ulous. “But Denise, she said—I thought—”
Forrest smiled broadly, exposing perfect white teeth. “Cimmaron didn’t have time to stay, so she wants me to meet her tonight at Harbor Park. She’s a storyteller. It’s all right if I go, isn’t it? Jack and Ashley, too, and you and Mr. Landon, naturally, will be welcome as well. You’re excited about coming to hear Cimmaron, aren’t you, Ashley?”
He lasered his eyes onto Ashley, who quickly nodded yes.
“And you, Jack?”MoreLess
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