The Daughter. BEVERLY BARTON
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BEVERLY BARTON
I’ll Be Watching You
AVON
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2014
Copyright © Beverly Barton 2006
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Source ISBN: 9781847561411
Ebook Edition © October 2014 ISBN: 9780007424894
Version: 2015-07-23
To my daughter, Badiema Beaver Waldrep, and my son, Brant Beaver, who have filled my life with joy and given me countless reasons to be a very proud mother
Contents
He had been waiting fifteen years for this day and nothing – absolutely nothing – was going to ruin it for him. Not the guard’s smart-ass farewell comment. Not the drizzling rain. And not the fear that clutched his stomach like a giant fist. If he made a mistake and broke their rules, they’d send him back here to Donaldson. He had to play it smart, be careful and make sure he didn’t get caught doing anything illegal. But come hell or high water, when he got home he was going to prove a few things to some people, starting with Webb Porter, the man he held responsible for ruining his life.
As a prisoner, he had proven to them that he could be a model inmate, a reformed character who was remorseful for his past sins. If he hadn’t messed up so badly those first