Luck Be a Lady - Cathie Linz [64]
Faith grabbed a cookie before replying, “I don’t remember, but if she did, I’m sure I managed it better than you did.”
“No way.”
“You blush. It always gives you away.”
“Like you don’t blush too?” Megan scoffed.
“Yes, but I’m a much better liar than you are. My PI training helped with that.”
“Maybe you should teach me how to be a better liar.”
“Why?”
“Because Logan is an outstanding liar. He told me so himself. It’s a requirement in his line of work.”
“Your face is too expressive.”
“I can fix that.” Megan schooled her expression.
Faith laughed. “Now you look like Botox gone bad.”
Megan sighed and sank onto the couch. “My dad is great at lying. I mean, the man lied to me for over twenty years and I never had a clue. Did you have any luck yet finding my mom?”
“Not yet, but I have some promising leads.”
“Logan thought it was suspicious that there was so little information about her in the databases.”
“It’s all in knowing where to look.”
“You mean like searching for her overseas? Do you think she went back to Germany?”
“It’s a definite possibility. And she could have remarried there. She could have more kids.”
“I hadn’t really thought about that as a possibility.”
“I know you haven’t. That’s why I’m bringing it up. To get you used to it just in case. She may not want you to contact her.”
“Is this part of your worst-case scenario philosophy?”
Faith nodded.
“I thought Caine cured you of that.”
“He did, where love is concerned. But where investigations are concerned ...”
“Anything is possible,” Megan finished for her. “Do you think she’s even still alive?”
“I don’t know.”
“She was alive ten years ago for the high school reunion thing.”
“I know. You told me.”
“This not knowing is driving me crazy.”
“I’m sure it is.” Faith sat beside her on the couch and hugged her. “Hang in there.”
“I’m trying to.”
“Meanwhile, maybe having sex with Logan would distract you.”
Megan pulled away.
“What?” Faith laughed at Megan’s outraged expression. “It was just a suggestion.”
“A dumb one.”
“He would be one sexy distraction.”
“I don’t do distractions,” Megan said.
“Maybe it’s time to start. If I didn’t do distractions, I wouldn’t have met Caine.”
“You’re different.”
“No, I’m not.”
“I’ve only had two serial long-term relationships. One with Bryan all through college.”
“I know. And you broke up right after graduation when he got a job in London.”
“He dumped me.”
“You told me the breakup was a mutual thing.”
“I lied. See, I can lie if I have to.”
“What about Andrew?”
“Another four-year relationship,” Megan said. “And it took me a while to get over Bryan and get involved again.”
“But you did with Andrew.”
“Yes, I did.”
“Don’t tell me he dumped you too.”
Megan nodded. “Because I refused to audition for that TV show Amazing Racewith him.”
“Wow.” Faith blinked. “I don’t know what to say.”
“Okay, it wasn’t just the fact that I didn’t want to do that reality show, or any other reality show for that matter. It was a bunch of things. We grew apart. He didn’t want kids. I do. He pretended to like Smudge, but he really wanted me to get rid of her and for him to get a Rottweiler.”
“Yeah, I can see how those things would be deal-breakers.”
“Whenever I asked him where he saw our relationship going, he’d put me off. As time went on, he’d act like he was encouraging me, but would really be putting me down in a subtle way. So subtle I didn’t even get it for a long time. I mean, I didn’t recognize it.”
“Neither did I.”
“He wouldn’t say anything in front of others, but when we were alone he’d say things like, ‘Oh you don’t really want to do that.’ Or, ‘Why do you need to get more books when you already have so many?’ ”
“Uh-oh.”
“I mean, it’s not as if he didn’t like reading too. But once he’d read a book he got rid of it. That was just his way. Which is fine, until he tried to make his way my way.”
“Yes, but Logan isn’t anything like either Bryan or Andrew. Come on, you have to admit they weren’t men of action. They were pretty much geeky brainiacs.”
“I like geeky