Wanted by Her Lost Love

Jarrod’s face flushed a dull red and then helooked away, no longer able to meet his brother’sgaze.“Come on,” Cam said quietly. “Let’s go, man.”As they walked back out, Ryan nudged Camtoward the waiting car. “You go. I’ll take a cab. I’mgoing to see my mother.”Cam hesitated. “Sure you don’t want me to gowith you?”“Yeah. This is something I have to do by myself.”Ryan knocked tersely on the door to his mother’shome and issued a clipped demand to see her whenone of the maids answered the door.A moment later, as he paced the floor of thereceiving room, his mother hurried in, her browwrinkled in concern.“Ryan? Is something wrong? You didn’t call to tellme you were coming.”He stared at her, wondering how he could be soblind about the woman who’d given birth to him.There was no doubt she’d always been selfcentered,but he’d never considered her malicious