A Hero in Her Eyes

It was going to be a struggle for him to come around. But she already knew that. “Not in the sense you mean, no.”

He didn’t want to be patronized. His eyes narrowed. “Not in any sense.”

This wasn’t getting them anywhere. “If you want to help me find your daughter, Mr. Banacek, you’re going to have to stop challenging me at every turn, and accept some things on faith.”

He laughed shortly. “Faith is something that I find in very short supply right now. And it’s Walker, not Mr. Banacek,” he reminded her.

He realized that he’d snapped the last part at her, and took a breath to calm himself. He was coming at her like an angry timber wolf emerging from a gutted forest, and that wasn’t helping matters.

Walker tried again, his voice lower this time. “What did you mean just now, when you said if I wanted to help you find my daughter?”

She folded her hands before her, her gaze locking with his. She couldn’t make it any plainer than she had. “Just what I said.”

“What you said made it sound as if you intended to look for her whether or not I hired you.” That couldn’t be right.

To his surprise, she nodded. “That’s about the size of it.”

No one did something for nothing. There was always an angle being played. He’d learned that the hard way, and until he’d learned it, he’d never gotten ahead. “Why? Why would you do that?”

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