Bad Company by PJ Adams

Author:PJ Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: wealthy, bad boy, Romantic thriller, rags to riches, mysterious past, romantic suspense, conman, double-crosser, maine romance, one-night stand, dangerous lover
Publisher: James Grieve Press
Published: 2014-04-20T04:00:00+00:00

6

Marshall and Sally were just how she remembered. When Marshall opened the door Cassie just fell into his arms, and then Sally was peeling her off him so she could get in on the hugs.

Eventually she stepped back, surprised that she was so emotional about the reunion. They’d given her a job a while back, virtually taking her in off the street and giving her a place to sleep, but that had been three years ago and a lot had happened since then. Sometimes you need reminding of how important people have been to you, she guessed.

Marshall was a big bear of a man. Six foot six and close to three hundred pounds. His silvering hair was thin on top but his beard was the kind that just went on down until at some point it became chest hair and shoulder hair and back hair and nobody had ever bothered to mark the boundary. Just like always, he was wearing faded denim bib overalls and a white tee-shirt. Sally, on the other hand, was a little stick-like thing, all sharp corners and pinched in features. At first glance they couldn’t have been more mismatched, but they were probably the most loving couple Cassie had ever known.

“Well look at you,” said Sally, before darting in for another hug. Then she stepped back, looking Denny up and down, and said, “So what’s this you’ve brought in off the street? You found yourself a Mainer, have you?”

So when was the last time she’d blushed? She felt like a teenager bringing her first boyfriend home. “This is Denny,” she said. “Denny, meet Sally and Marshall. They’re only about a half as scary as they look, but that’s still plenty, so you watch your step, you hear?”

Denny stepped forward, hand outstretched and that twinkle of charm in his look. “Pleased to meet you, ma’am,” he said, taking Sally’s hand, squeezing, letting go. “You too, sir.”

Marshall grinned like a big kid as he took Denny’s hand and pumped it and said, in the softest of tones, “You hurt Cassie I’ll break your back, you know what I mean?”

Denny freed himself, stepped back, and gave Cassie a What the Hell? look.

“Listen,” said Cassie. “I’m really sorry I didn’t check ahead, but I lost my cell and we need a place to stay for a night or two and–”

“Red Maple’s yours as long as you want it,” said Sally. “It’s stripped down, but you know where we keep the bedding and all. And I’ll be cooking for seven if you care to join us.”

Red Maple was Sally’s favorite of the cabins at Saco, perched high above the road with a view out over the treetops to the hills across the valley. The cabins were all named for the trees you’d find here: Red Maple, Sugar Maple, White Ash, Paper Birch. Numbering would have been a whole lot easier to learn when Cassie had started here, cleaning the cabins in between guests, but the names had more character.

Red Maple

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