Her hopes soared. Was it possible? The police had told her they’d been trying to track him down to let him know what had happened, but she hadn’t expected to see him so soon.
The man halted less than a yard away and stared at her with the shocked stillness of someone who was looking at a ghost.
Jake stiffened. He released her waist and was about to move in front of her when she stopped him with her hand on his arm. “It’s okay, Jake,” she said. “I think I know who this is.”
“I asked around,” the man said. “They told me you’d be with the Grossos, but I would have known you anywhere. My God!” He touched his fingertips to her cheek. His eyes filled with tears. “It’s true. You look just like my Amy.”
Becky’s own vision blurred. All these years, people around NASCAR had said they recognized her. She’d thought it was because of her work, but the truth had been right in front of her all along. Amy Demille had been as much a racing fan as her daughter. She would have cheered for her boyfriend with the Shillington team. Her face would have been familiar to everyone who had worked on the circuit.
“I’m Hank Brown,” the man said.
Becky smiled and stepped into an embrace that had been waiting for thirty-one years.
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WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE
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