Burning (PAVAD: FBI Romantic Suspense Book 11) by Calle J. Brookes

Author:Calle J. Brookes [Brookes, Calle J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lost River Lit Publishing, L.L.C.
Published: 2015-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Kelly talked her into going out, and Cody finally agreed. Smokey Jo’s was one of Cody’s favorite places and it had the best onion rings she had ever tasted. It was her go-to comfort food. Yes, she would most likely ended up singing for her supper—but that was something she could deal with it. Something she enjoyed.

She’d arranged for Lucy to spend the night for the second time with Ruthie Brockman. It freaked her out to think about it, but she knew logically that Lucy would be fine. But she still felt a bit panicky at the thought.

Anything to try to figure out what to do about what had happened with Sin.

It hadn’t just been a simple kiss, had it? No, there had been more to it than that. Something she had never expected to happen.

Kissing Sin? No, that had been one of the craziest things she’d ever done.

Since her friends had all married over the last few years, their time to just hang out and sing had been greatly reduced. Even more so than it had been when they were all being sent to different parts of the country on various cases.

Now, half of them had been promoted to supervisory positions, the others had all become engaged or gotten married or were now working on their first kids.

Time for just friends had sort of fallen by the wayside.

Carrie and Al came in together. Paige and Payton, too.

Kelly had saved them a table near where they used to sit. Now a younger crop of agents—St. Louis had an active field office of its own, plus PAVAD’s rapidly expanding office—took up their usual table. Some of them had to be at least a decade younger than she was. And that just made her feel all the older.

“So…”

“So…” Kelly grinned at her. “What’s up in the wonderful world of Cody? I need to come check out your new digs, don’t I?”

“It’s a beautiful home. I’ve been there a few times before when Luc was playing with his new inventions,” Payton said. “I’m glad someone is going to be actually living in it now, rather than it just sitting there empty. It’s made for children and it was sad that there weren’t any there. He tried to get Paige and Mick to take it, but they like the one their rehabbing. He won’t sell his test houses because of the advanced technology, but he’ll let people he cares about live in them. My brother lives in one back in Indiana.” Cody wondered if Payton’s brother had the same kind of deal she did. Or was he just telling her that for her pride? He’d told her that if she reported to him how the house functioned for five years, the deed would be hers completely. It did soothe some of her pride knowing others were living in Luc’s houses, too.

“So it’s an actual smart house?” Kelly leaned forward. “Awesome. Have you checked it all out yet?”

“Not yet. It’s nice to have voice control of the thermostat, though.

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