For Joy's Sake. Tara Taylor Quinn
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Название: For Joy's Sake
Автор: Tara Taylor Quinn
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Where Secrets are Safe
isbn: 9781474070263
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“Can you plan to stay around awhile if necessary?” Sara asked, giving Edward a piercing glance.
“Yes.”
“He’s got a room at my place anytime he wants it and for as long as he needs it.” Hunter addressed the counselor.
“I...didn’t realize Hunter was going to be here...”
He turned to Julie the second he heard her voice.
“I had no idea you were related to Joy’s grandfather,” she said.
“By marriage,” he felt compelled to say, to be completely truthful on that score. “His sister’s married to my father.”
Julie looked between Sara and Lila. “I’ve known Hunter awhile. He wouldn’t be here if he thought there was any reason to worry where Edward’s concerned.”
“Hunter is the reason Joy’s here,” Lila McDaniels said. “Brett Ackerman referred him to us.”
The glance Julie sent Hunter, as though she was seeing him in a new light, sent a jolt through him.
Giving him a “go surfing” impulse again. And yet, keeping him in his chair. What was it about this woman?
Why couldn’t he just move on?
“Julie’s being at this meeting was kind of last-minute.” Lila was speaking again. “She’s been...spending time with Joy. So far, she’s the only one who’s been able to get any reaction out of her at all.”
Hunter wasn’t surprised. He should be. But he wasn’t.
“You’re a counselor, too?” he asked Julie, somewhat disturbed that he hadn’t been privvy to that information. He’d assumed she was one of the social elite who sat on a lot of charity boards.
“No,” she said. “I...draw.” She looked away. Shutting him out again.
And that left him wanting “in” more than ever.
“Julie is doing art therapy with Joy.” Sara took over, leaving Hunter with the impression that there was more not being said at that table than was actually spoken.
Definitely not his forte.
“And you’ve had some success?” Leaning forward, Edward seemed about ready to take Julie’s hand across the table.
Julie nodded.
“Can you share it with me?”
With a glance at Sara and Lila, who both nodded, Julie said, “She drew a crying stick figure.”
The doctor’s lips pursed. His chin tightened. And Hunter saw a tear in the corner of his eye.
He cared about Edward and Joy. He wanted to help.
And, not for the first time, came up blank.
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