Heat of the Moment
“Owen moved back.
Becca’s father stepped into the cabin.
“Bly’b,” Owen said, and shut the door.
The man cast him a confused glance. “Excuse me?”
That had sounded like gibberish.
“The dog.” Owen waved at the bed. “I told him to stay in German. It’s how he was trained, the commands that he knows.”
Dale Carstairs grunted. Owen hoped he had more to say than that. Then again, maybe he didn’t. The last time they’d spoken this man had ordered Owen to leave his darling daughter alone.
“You need to leave... Becca alone.”
“Wow,” Owen said. “Déjà vu.”
“Don’t be a smartass.”
Owen moved into the kitchen to make coffee, more for something to do than for actual drinking. He was jittery enough just being in Three Harbors without adding caffeine. But Becca’s dad had revived all the uncertainty he’d always felt in the man’s presence.
Even before Owen had banged his daughter.
Owen tried to cover the flinch and his continued unease with a search for the coffee.MoreLess
Becca’s father stepped into the cabin.
“Bly’b,” Owen said, and shut the door.
The man cast him a confused glance. “Excuse me?”
That had sounded like gibberish.
“The dog.” Owen waved at the bed. “I told him to stay in German. It’s how he was trained, the commands that he knows.”
Dale Carstairs grunted. Owen hoped he had more to say than that. Then again, maybe he didn’t. The last time they’d spoken this man had ordered Owen to leave his darling daughter alone.
“You need to leave... Becca alone.”
“Wow,” Owen said. “Déjà vu.”
“Don’t be a smartass.”
Owen moved into the kitchen to make coffee, more for something to do than for actual drinking. He was jittery enough just being in Three Harbors without adding caffeine. But Becca’s dad had revived all the uncertainty he’d always felt in the man’s presence.
Even before Owen had banged his daughter.
Owen tried to cover the flinch and his continued unease with a search for the coffee.MoreLess
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