Lisa Jackson's the Abandoned Box Set (2015)
“Damn Marnie and her stupid independence! His hands were shaking so badly, he stuffed them into his pockets. What was wrong with that girl? Downstairs in the lobby, two hundred of the most important people in the Northwest were milling through the hotel, sipping his champagne, toasting Montgomery Inns while Marnie could have lost her fool life! If she were here now, he’d wring her neck! Instead, he had to act as if nothing were wrong. As if his wayward daughter hadn’t walked out of his life. As ...if he weren’t worried sick about her.
“Problems?” Kate asked, smoothing his lapel with her long fingers and offering him an encouraging smile. Kate was a good woman, he thought, trying to get a handle on his emotions. At least she had enough sense to do what she was told!
“Marnie.”
Kate raised an interested eyebrow and sighed. “She’s almost twenty-five.”
“And therefore can do anything she damned well pleases, is that it?”
“She’s not a baby, Vic. You can’t tie her down forever.”MoreLess
“Problems?” Kate asked, smoothing his lapel with her long fingers and offering him an encouraging smile. Kate was a good woman, he thought, trying to get a handle on his emotions. At least she had enough sense to do what she was told!
“Marnie.”
Kate raised an interested eyebrow and sighed. “She’s almost twenty-five.”
“And therefore can do anything she damned well pleases, is that it?”
“She’s not a baby, Vic. You can’t tie her down forever.”MoreLess
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