3, 2, 1…Married! by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala [Sala, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 1999-08-17T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Nathan Calloway’s voice broke Bailey’s reverie. “Is there anything particularly strange going on across the street that I can’t see?”

It took a second for the question to sink in. Bailey was aware that the other men all turned to look at him with open interest. Discussion of that afternoon’s football game had abruptly ceased. “What do you mean?”

Nathan waved his hand at the Mediterranean-style town houses facing the park. “Whenever you’re not watching Bobby, you’re looking over your shoulder at those town houses. I’ve been talking to the back of your head half the time I’ve been sitting here.”

Bailey thought of covering, but that would make the situation out to be more than it was. “Sorry, just wondering if K.C. was coming out today.”

Taylor stopped tossing the football to his five-year-old. “A new playmate for Bobby?”

Jeff Hamlin laughed. He’d noticed that something was up himself. Bailey had been far too preoccupied today. “More like one for Bobby’s father, from the kinds of the looks he’s been shooting that way.”

Bailey wasn’t in the mood for ribbing. At least, not the kind these men could give. A shoulder rose and fell in studied nonchalance as he brushed off the observation. “Just someone I met.”

The admission brought hoots of appreciation. Billy Stevens clapped his large hands together. “Hey, let’s hear it for the Toyman.” He raised and lowered his eyebrows in an age-old lecherous gesture. “Does this ‘someone’ have a sister?”

Bailey laughed. “You don’t even know what she looks like.”

Joining in, Nathan waved his hand at the protest. “Doesn’t matter.” His eyes wandered over toward his twins, three-year-old boys guaranteed to wreak havoc on any army. “Right about now I’d settle for any sort of female companionship. A woman who doesn’t run for cover as soon as she knows that twins run in the family.”

“Emphasis on run,” Billy interjected with a booming laugh.

Bailey knew that Billy was only half kidding. A single man with a child might be initially appealing, but the reality of the responsibilities had a way of throwing cold water on any budding relationship after a short while. Sitting back, he wondered how much to admit to the men. How much there was to admit to the men. He hadn’t had an opportunity to explore his feelings any further because the object of his interest had been conspicuously absent since Saturday.

“Her sister’s married,” Bailey muttered.

Billy sighed soulfully. “Everybody’s sister’s married.” But then his grin took over, widening encouragingly. “So, are you two going out or what?”

“Right now, ‘or what’ pretty much describes it.” Bailey was beginning to wonder if he’d misread the signs. Saturday evening, it had seemed as if there had been a great deal of promise. But he hadn’t seen her since. She hadn’t even come to the park with Gracie the way she’d inferred she would. Was there a message in that? Was he to think that she was intentionally avoiding him?

Because there was a silent demand for details, Bailey gave them a quick summary of Saturday’s events after they’d left.

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