Deep In The Heart
Can't go home again. Can't go home again.
The words repeated in the slap of the car's worn tires against the highway as Kate Wallace headed west out of Burnet and into the heart of the Texas Hill Country.
But here she was, doing exactly that. Going home. And not a bit happy about it.
She took the curve on Highway 29 too fast. As the car leaned into the turn, Kate put her hand on the elderly buff cocker spaniel sleeping next to her to make sure the dog didn't fall off the seat.
Why was she in such a hurry? It wasn't as if the town of Silver Lake would disappear if she dawdled.
Slowing, she headed north on County Road 144A. Within a few minutes, she was speeding through rolling hills, past the thick groves of trees and the shimmering green grass that covered central Texas in the spring. Here and there, she spotted patches of bluebonnets, promises of the beauty to come.
Twenty minutes later, she pulled off the highway at the top of the hill that overlooked Silver Lake and kept the engine running.
Scratching her dog Coco's ears, Kate breathed in the spicy scent of cedars as she studied the town spread out below her.
"Kate Wallace," ... read full excerpt from Deep in the Heart ebook
