What the Heart Knows (2004)
“Kathleen said the second the waitress left their table at the restaurant.
“And we will be just as soon as I get some food in you. Otherwise, I’m not sure you’d be going too far.”
She smiled, a fleeting upturn of her mouth. “Is that your roundabout way of saying I don’t look too good?”
Jared took in her ashen features, dark circles under her large brown eyes and the tight set to her shoulders. Exhaustion clung to her like a second skin, and yet she wanted to walk the streets of downtown Tulsa se...arching for her son, just as she had done when she had thought Mark was in Crystal Springs. His admiration grew for her every time he was around her.
“I look that bad?”
Kathleen’s question pulled him from his musings. He shook his head. “Under the circumstances I think you’re doing terrific. We won’t be long. The waitress said she’d put a rush on our order.”
“I shouldn’t feel guilty taking the time to eat, but I do.”
“Guilt is a mighty strong motivator.”
Kathleen cocked her head, her expressive eyes turning darker.MoreLess
“And we will be just as soon as I get some food in you. Otherwise, I’m not sure you’d be going too far.”
She smiled, a fleeting upturn of her mouth. “Is that your roundabout way of saying I don’t look too good?”
Jared took in her ashen features, dark circles under her large brown eyes and the tight set to her shoulders. Exhaustion clung to her like a second skin, and yet she wanted to walk the streets of downtown Tulsa se...arching for her son, just as she had done when she had thought Mark was in Crystal Springs. His admiration grew for her every time he was around her.
“I look that bad?”
Kathleen’s question pulled him from his musings. He shook his head. “Under the circumstances I think you’re doing terrific. We won’t be long. The waitress said she’d put a rush on our order.”
“I shouldn’t feel guilty taking the time to eat, but I do.”
“Guilt is a mighty strong motivator.”
Kathleen cocked her head, her expressive eyes turning darker.MoreLess
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