Total pages in book: 69
Estimated words: 69303 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 347(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69303 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 347(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
And if I could get Romeo out, I knew exactly where he’d have a new life…
Twenty
I’d kick a kid in the face for a Dr Pepper.
—Dru’s secret thoughts
DRU
“Long time no see!”
I looked over at Aella and smiled. “Hey, stranger.”
It’d neither been a long time, nor had she been a stranger.
We’d seen each other every day for the last week, practically.
Yesterday was the first time that we hadn’t, but I’d still seen half of the Truth Tellers MC when they’d come over for a beer after we’d gotten home from visiting my brother.
“How are the kiddos?”
“They’re good.” She smiled. “Fussy this morning. Glad that Chevy was able to stay home with them. I think they caught a cold. Since they were both under the weather, Chevy said that he was going to pull out the Christmas decorations and put the tree up.”
“That’s so sweet,” I said, then frowned. “You know, I can’t believe it’s already mid-November. I usually put my tree up on the first of the month, but it’s been so hectic that I haven’t even thought about it.” I paused as a thought occurred to me. “Question.”
Aella looked up at me with wide eyes. “Answer.”
I smiled. “Is Finnian okay with decorations? Will he freak out if I put some up? He’s not going to be here for the next couple of days. He was called away to go help Gunner with some computer mechanics with his next job in West Texas. I could decorate his house, but I don’t want to get him upset if it’ll hurt his heart.”
“He decorates every year. Some guy comes out and puts the lights up because the homeowner’s association for the place that he lives in requires it. But he bucks back and goes with colored. The HOA hates it, but all it says in their bylaws is that it has to be done by the third weekend in November. I know this only because he bitches about it every year. He hates that they make him color inside lines. He puts décor up in the house, too, because we usually have all of our get-togethers there during the winter since he has so much indoor space.”
“Good.” I smiled, but it slipped off my face when I said, “He wants me to stay at his place. He gave me a key, and the alarm codes, but I seriously don’t want to overstep. Do you think I should stay?”
“I think you should stay.” She nodded. “I think you’d like it much better than where you’re staying now. Plus, a little birdie told me that Apollo already wants you to move in with him. He told Chevy that he had already run the idea past you. He asked him if it was too early. Chevy said no. I said yes. Finnian went with no, and had planned to beg you when he got back if you hadn’t already caved.”
I melted. “It’s too early.”
“I know.” I smiled. “You’re a smart girl who likes to be cautious. I told him that. He said that you were cautious with other people, not him. Then he left with a ‘you’ll see’ in his eyes.”
I snorted out a laugh. “Let’s get to work.”
The day was exhausting.
I’d gotten used to having days off, and a lot of those days had been spent lazing around.
Needless to say, when the coffee order came in around four with a note that read “you look tired,” I couldn’t disagree.
I was really freakin’ tired.
The last thing that I wanted to deal with was seeing my mom and sister walking up to the nurses’ station with a look of determination on their faces.
“I can’t do this right now,” I said with my hands full of IV bags that I needed to go drop off in a patient’s room. “You need to leave, and we can have this out when I’m not at work.”
Mom opened her mouth and then closed it. “But you’re not answering her calls.”
“I’m at work, Mother,” I reminded her. “Of course I’m not answering any personal phone calls.”
I hadn’t even answered any of Finnian’s.
I’d been so damn busy that I hadn’t had a chance to call him back, let alone take my lunch or pee.
My bladder was currently screaming at me, but I had two fresh-from-surgery patients that needed to be taken care of before I could take that bathroom break.
“We’re just asking…”
“Ladies,” I heard said from behind them. “It’s time to leave.”
The security guard that emerged had me smiling.
I turned around and left them to it, but I did check my watch when a text came through.
Finnian:
Sorry I didn’t get them before they got up there. I’ll do better next time.
He really was the best.
His stalkery best.
The man was a genius with computers, which I was slowly starting to really comprehend. He’d said he was. He’d made jokes about hacking into places. He’d hacked into American Airlines for Christ’s sake.