All Through The House by Johnson Janice Kay

Author:Johnson, Janice Kay [Johnson, Janice Kay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-03-31T21:00:00+00:00

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As it turned out, he saw Abigail far sooner than he had expected. Since Saturday was already a wash as far as he was concerned, Nate had agreed to a lunch date with an attorney who'd invested in the office building that had seen its messy start that week.

Charming the customers wasn't his favorite part of the business, and he left it as much as possible to John. This was one of the few times John had run out of patience.

He had slammed the phone down. "Can you believe it? Appleton wants reassurance! I have a bloody foul-up over in Everett, and this guy wants to know why the damned foundation here in Pilchuck doesn't look the way he expected!"

Nate looked up from his spiral notebook. "What's it supposed to look like?"

John uttered an obscenity. "Who the hell knows? Who cares?"

Nate took his feet off his desk and sat up, the chair squeaking. "I'll handle Appleton. What's the foul-up? Anything I can do?"

They talked about the problem for a few minutes, long enough to return John to his usually unflappable self. Nate was stuck with Appleton, though, a short bouncy young attorney who reminded Nate unpleasantly of a nurse who'd had the night shift the one time he had been hospitalized. "Time to take our temperature!" she would say brightly, at some godforsaken hour of the morning.

Nate hadn't been surprised to hear that Appleton specialized in wills and probate. He'd have looked laughable defending some sleazeball in court.

They were following the waitress to a seat at Weller's, the local version of Denny's—decent food quickly—when Nate saw Abigail. The back of her head, to be precise. It was her voice that caught his attention, that and the emphatic gesture of her graceful hands. Her dark curls were caught up in some kind of knot on top of her head, though a few strayed. For an instant, Nate felt pleasure, just because he could anticipate her delighted smile, the way the timbre of her voice would change for him, the promise in the depths of her green-brown eyes.

And then he saw her companion. The man was maybe forty, big and smooth, auburn-haired, his suit expensive. His dark eyes rested warmly on Abigail's face as he listened to her.

Nate felt as if a switchblade had just slipped between his ribs. He stopped, and Appleton walked right into him.

When the young attorney fumbled through apologies, Abigail turned her head.

"Nate!" Had she spoken with pleasurable surprise? Or just plain surprise?

Nate's gaze left her smile for her companion's face. He hadn't moved, only lifted a brow to return Nate's regard. Nate nodded coolly to the dark man and then to Abigail. "If you'll excuse us...?"

Puzzlement flickered in her eyes, but the hostess was obviously waiting, and Appleton was peering interestedly over Nate's broad shoulder. "Of course," Abigail said, "I'll look forward to seeing you Monday, Nate."

Nate stalked after the hostess and slid into the booth with a curt nod for her. Abigail wasn't in his direct

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