A Discovery of Hope (A Coming Home Again Novel Book 3) by Lowe T.I

Author:Lowe, T.I. [Lowe, T.I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-01-28T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Waking with a start, I feel like I just drifted off to sleep on Duke’s bed but somehow ended up in my own bed. I check the clock and see there’s only thirty minutes before the gallery is supposed to open up. It’s Saturday and the early shoppers will be waiting for the door to open, so I hurry through a shower and head to JP’s office with ten minutes to spare. I’m surprised to find Duke behind his desk instead.

His black attire has a splash of color today from his black T-shirt that has Art Rocks in hot pink. Only Duke could pull off such a style and still look overly masculine. He looks up from today’s schedule and smiles. “Good morning, beautiful.”

I smile at his sweet endearment. “Two questions for ya. How’d I end up in my bed? And where’s the boss?”

“The boss refused to let me keep you last night. Dude carried you to your room like the princess you are.” He smirks with the pierced eyebrow raised wickedly. “Very Prince Charming of the punk, don’t you think?”

“Well, where is Prince Charming?”

Duke heads for the front door, so I follow him. “He had to head to the Bay Creek gallery for a special showing.”

“Humph.”

Duke stops and looks back at me. “What’s that about?”

“He hardly ever tells me anything. It’s annoying. I like to know what’s going on.”

“JP’s not used to answering to anybody. Don’t take it personal.” He casually drapes his arm over my shoulder and gives me a side-hug. “Look on the bright side. You get to hang out with me.”

“Well. That is pretty appealing.” I return the hug before he releases me to let about a dozen customers in, who are patiently waiting on the sidewalk.

And so we hang out all day, selling a substantial amount of photos and scheduling appointments. A guy even tried to purchase the picture of me by the stairs, but Duke was quick to point out it wasn’t for sale.

“Why, man? I’ll pay top dollar for it.” The man tried to talk Duke out of it over and over.

“Sorry, dude. The boss gave strict orders it’s not up for sale. He said he would have my…” Duke cuts me a sideways look and I’m surprised he used his manners to spare me of what JP would have done to him, if he sold my photo. “Well… You can guess. Sorry.”

The man kept circling back to it, so Duke eventually took it down and hung it in JP’s office. It was starting to creep me out. I wasn’t crazy about being on display anyway.

I blink my eyes and it’s five and we are locking up for the day. After we complete the cleanup routine, I grab the little remote and with one touch of a button the front gallery windows block out the outside world with the frost feature. I think it’s a pretty neat feature. It’s nicer than blinds, for sure.

I hesitate at the bottom of the stairs with no desire to be stuck in my room, bored out of my mind.

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