Baby, Come Home by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2011-07-30T22:00:00+00:00

15

Kendall realized the Department of Energy representative had said something and was waiting for a response. “I’m sorry. Could you repeat that?” He was definitely off his game today.

Dale Richardson put down his pen. “Maybe we should take a break. We’ve been going at it for a while, and I realize I pulled you off a job.”

It wasn’t the job he was missing. He was frustrated at not being able to spend the day with Amy, possibly even revisiting that scorching kiss that had left him tossing and turning last night.

“No, it’s fine,” Kendall said. “The job is in good hands.”

“Oh, yeah, Amy’s the best.”

Kendall angled his head. “Just curious—how do you know Amy?”

Suddenly, the man’s expression shuttered. “Uh…we worked together…on a couple of state projects.”

“In Michigan?”

“Er, yeah.” Richardson picked up his pen. “We really should get back to this if we’re going to finish today.”

“Right,” Kendall said, recognizing the blow-off. The man didn’t want to talk about Amy. He knew Tony, the man she was involved with, but maybe Dale and Amy had something going, too. Maybe that’s why he’d asked if Tony was around, to see if the coast was clear.

Kendall gripped a pencil until it bit into his fingers. He’d assumed that she’d dated and—gulp—slept with other men. He just didn’t want to meet them. The pencil snapped in two, startling Richardson.

“Sorry,” Kendall said. “Maybe we should start the tour. We can talk while we walk.”

“Sounds good.” The man seemed relieved for a change of venue.

On the way out of the office, they ran into Porter. Kendall made the introductions.

“I’m having dinner tonight with you and your fiancée,” Richardson said as they shook hands.

Porter paled. “Nikki and I aren’t engaged…yet.”

“But soon,” Kendall said, clapping Porter’s shoulder. “Because Porter is going to build a church next.”

Porter shot daggers at him.

“Amy Bradshaw invited me to dinner,” Richardson said. “I hope that’s okay—Amy and I are old friends.”

Kendall set his jaw.

“No, that’s great,” Porter said, then turned to Kendall. “Why don’t you join us, bro? You know Nikki always makes plenty.”

He opened his mouth to say yes, then remembered he’d promised Rachel they would have dinner tonight and he’d fix her bedroom wall. He toyed with the idea of both of them joining the foursome, but he was afraid of what Rachel might say in front of Amy to give her the wrong impression…again.

“Thanks, but I already have plans,” he mumbled, now truly in a sour mood.

Porter clapped him on the back. “Too bad.” Then out of the corner of his mouth, Porter hissed, “Smile, bro.”

This time Kendall was the one shooting daggers. But he tried to rally during the foot tour, reminding himself that Richardson held their purse strings.

True to their adopted slogan that Sweetness was “The Greenest Place on Earth,” they had incorporated energy savings and recycling into every aspect of living in Sweetness. He tried to make a production of showing off their efforts, but seemed to be foiled at every step.

While they were at the school, a prankster pulled the fire alarm, and bedlam ensued.

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