A Hero for Holly by Kristy K. James

Author:Kristy K. James [James, Kristy K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, contemporary
Amazon: B008MMWSE4
Goodreads: 15757438
Publisher: Kristy K. James
Published: 2012-07-18T00:00:00+00:00

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Sam groaned when the phone rang, irritated at the thought of having to talk to someone else. Then he noticed the time. It had to be Holly. If not, he was hanging up. He’d spent more hours on the telephone this morning than he usually did in a week. Probably two. But at least he had a list a mile long to go over with the guys to show for it.

“Hi.” Holly’s voice over the line was a welcome relief from talking threats and murder with private investigators and body guards.

“Hi, yourself. Did you get your mother off okay?” he asked, seating himself on a stool at the kitchen counter.

“Yes. The train left right on schedule.”

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Sam,” she assured him, but something in her tone didn’t sound so fine.

“Are you sure?” he pressed. “Because it doesn’t sound that way to me.”

“It’s just some things Zack said on the way home. It’s not important right now.”

“Tell me.”

And so she did. He decided then and there that he’d have to make sure that the boys saw their grandmother often enough so that they felt secure in her love. It bothered him that either one of them might doubt that. But some of the other things Zack said really troubled him even more. The parts about his father and grandfather struck him as a little too mature for a kid his age.

“So how does it feel to know that your son agrees with your dad?” he finally asked, not sure what else to say. That made her laugh a little.

“I’m not sure he agrees with the way Daddy handled it, but he does as far as thinking Mike was a jerk.”

“Well, I’m sorry to say it, but I agree with both of them as far as that goes.” No matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t imagine anyone being stupid enough to give Holly up. And especially not for a younger woman. She wasn’t very old when he left her. Or even now, for that matter.

“Well I agree with all of you, but that’s not why I called, Sam,” she said gently. “I’ve been worrying myself sick since you left the restaurant last night. What’s wrong?”

He thought about trying to whitewash it, but decided the truth would be the best. So he told her about the letter, his suspicions, the talk with his friends the night before, and their plans for seeing Ed after work.

“Oh my.” Holly exhaled slowly. “I hope nothing happens to him. He’s a nice man.”

“If we have anything to say, or do, about it, no one is going to get anywhere near him,” Sam said fiercely. He’d move heaven and earth to keep him safe.

“I can’t imagine someone being that hateful,” Holly said. “I mean, if you’re a criminal, you’ve got to expect anything you get, wouldn’t you think?”

“You would, and I would, but apparently this guy feels a little differently.”

“You really think the shooting ties into this?”

“Yes. I suppose it‘s possible that it isn’t. I doubt it though.

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