Liam's Perfect Woman (Home to Harbor Town 2) - Page 21

“You were actually in that crash. You were that little girl,” he said in a hushed tone.

“Yes. I was in the car with my mother.”

“Damn,” Roger muttered under his breath. He threw Liam a wary glance and then looked back at Natalie. “If I’d known Derry Kavanaugh was…you know…in such a bad way drink-wise, I might have done something to stop him from getting into a car, but I swear, I didn’t guess he was intoxicated.”

“Of course you would have done something if you’d known,” Natalie reassured quickly.

“Is there anything else you can remember?” Liam asked. She had the feeling he was trying to deflect Roger from staring at her face with so much distress and fascination.

Roger shook his head. “Sorry. Nothing else.”

“Did you see my father leave?” Liam asked.

“No. Like I said, I hightailed it off the beach when your dad turned around and glared at me like he was going to take my head off.”

“And you didn’t know he was Derry Kavanaugh until later?”

“No, not until I saw his photo in the papers after the crash and put two and two together,” Roger replied, giving Natalie another furtive glance. He shifted uneasily in his seat.

“Listen…if that’s all…” Roger faded off and waved vaguely in the direction of the crowd and the band.

“It is. I can’t thank you enough for agreeing to speak with us,” Liam said. He stood along with Roger and shook his hand. Roger nodded at Natalie politely as he took his leave, but she had the impression he was glad to make his escape.

Liam slid back into his seat directly next to her. She tensed. Wouldn’t it have been more natural for him to sit across from her since Roger had left? And was it her imagination, or had he pressed closer to the side of her body this time?

“Well, that was interesting,” Liam said.

She studied his profile an

d wondered what he was thinking. Surely it hadn’t been easy for him to hear what Roger had said. Regret trickled into her awareness.

“You seemed surprised,” Natalie murmured, her voice barely audible above the raucous music of the band. “You don’t have any idea why your father was so upset?”

“Not a clue,” Liam said.

“Your…your mother never mentioned any reason why he might have been in such a state on that night?”

He turned. His eyes were a dark, cobalt blue in the dim light as they flicked over her. He shook his head.

“I’ll tell you one thing, though,” he said.

She leaned toward him.

“I never saw my father cry a tear in his life. Never.”

For a moment, neither of them spoke.

“Something happened to him that night,” Natalie whispered.

“Something,” Liam muttered in agreement. He transferred his gaze to the empty seat across from them as his thigh shifted beneath the table, brushing her skirt against her thigh. “Maybe the video from the bar will tell me something more about what happened to my dad that night.”

“So you haven’t seen it yet?”

“No. I’m scheduled to go to the police headquarters Thursday morning. A friend of mine is going to get the video out of storage.”

Natalie was quiet for a moment. “Has your mother ever spoken to you about the last time she saw your dad?”

Liam shook his head. “The only thing she ever told us is that he came back from Chicago earlier than she’d expected. He usually stayed in the city from Monday to Thursday night and joined us at the vacation house for a long weekend during the summer months.”

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