Chapter Ten
The words sank slowly into his mind, filtering through, grappling for meaning. ‘Do you mean he tried and didn’t find her? Or that he didn’t.’
‘He didn’t even try,’ Kate finished, her tone flat.
His breath whooshed out. He didn’t know he’d been holding it. A torrent of emotion unleashed inside. He fought the storm, willing for words of comfort where he only felt anger at a man he’d only ever seen once. He wanted to punch the man’s lights out. ‘How could he do something like that? Any father would sell his soul to find a lost daughter. How long has she been missing?’
Kate sighed. ‘Three years.’
‘Three years! And he’s never tried to find her. Why?’
Kate shook her head. For the first time he noticed fine lines around her mouth when she compressed it. She worried her fingertip
