Liam's Perfect Woman (Home to Harbor Town 2) - Page 29

She examined him closely in the seconds that followed, trying to gauge his mood. He looked wonderful to her in the light of flickering candles and the setting sun. He wore a white button-down shirt with blue stripes, the cuffs open and rolled casually back, revealing his strong, tanned forearms. His eyes seemed to glow in the ambient light as he returned her stare levelly.

His expression sobered.

“So…feuding families aside, I guess you’re wondering how things went this afternoon.”

“I am curious.” Her throat felt tight when she swallowed. She glanced out at the golden pink sky and dark blue lake. “I’m…concerned, as well.”

“About what?”

“About you.” She kept her gaze on the stunning sunset.

He didn’t respond immediately. “I’m touched.”

She gave him a sidelong look. “Don’t be. Anyone would be worried about you going and watching that tape on your own.”

“I told you before, I’m only concerned about what you think.”

She rolled her eyes. He laughed softly, but for the first time that evening, she sensed his tension. He played the role of the easygoing, gorgeous daredevil so effortlessly, it was hard for her to see below the surface sometimes.

“I watched the video,” he said.

“And?” Natalie prompted hesitantly.

“It wasn’t easy.”

“No, I’m sure it wasn’t.”

He circled his iced-tea spoon in his glass several times, removed it and tossed it on a napkin. “It was easy to see why Jack Andreason described my dad as ‘sullen’ during the trial. I could only see him from the back, but his posture was deflated and wired at once. Jack’s good mood seemed to fade when he approached my dad. I wonder what my father said to him.”

“There was no sound?”

Liam shook his head. “It’s illegal to audiotape someone without their consent.”

“I hadn’t realized that,” Natalie said, disappointed. “You must not have been able to get much from the viewing, then. Did Derry talk to anyone while he was there?”

“No, aside from his interactions with Jack, which were brief. Jack seemed all too happy to keep clear of him.”

“So…it wasn’t helpful.” Regret flooded her, not because the tape was a dead end, but because Liam had risked so much by watching the last hours of his father’s life and they weren’t any closer to understanding Derry’s actions on the night of the crash.

“I wouldn’t say it wasn’t helpful,” Liam replied in a flat tone.

She glanced over at him in surprise, but had to quiet her curiosity when the waiter came with their salads.

“What did you notice?” Natalie asked as soon as the waiter had departed.

“I don’t know if it means anything or not, but at one point, my dad snapped at Jack when he tried to change the channel on the television. I couldn’t hear anything, but Jack’s alarmed look at my dad when he reached for the remote clued me in.”

He must have noticed her confused expression.

“There was a television behind the bar. I could see it better than my dad’s face. It was mounted above the cash register,” Liam explained before he took a bite of his salad.

“I see,” she murmured. “So your father was watching something on the television, and he didn’t want Jack to change the channel? What was the program?”

“The news,” Liam said. He seemed distracted as he put down his fork and pu

shed his salad away.

“Do you think whatever was on the news is actually relevant?” Natalie asked.

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