Cold Fear: (Cold Harbor Book 5) by Sleeman Susan

Author:Sleeman, Susan [Sleeman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.
Published: 2018-08-14T05:00:00+00:00

Not more than an hour later, Riley held Owen closer and paused at the training facility door. Riley appreciated Hannah’s kindness in preparing breakfast and gathering everyone together so Riley could introduce Owen, but Riley was sweating over the announcement.

Would they respond with outrage? Disappointment? Until two days ago, Riley didn’t know about Owen and hadn’t kept him a secret from them, so they shouldn’t react that way. Technically, that was incorrect. He did tell Hannah, Gage, and Eryn, so he had kept the others in the dark.

“Something wrong?” Leah asked.

“Just nervous.”

She took his hand and smiled at him. “They’ll be okay with this. You didn’t hide it from them.”

He appreciated her support, squeezed her hand, then let it go. He wanted to keep holding it, but that would draw too many questions and give his teammates the wrong idea.

“Go.” Owen wiggled. “Hungry.”

Riley opened the door, heard the team laughing in the conference room, and caught the smell of bacon. Usually bacon fixed almost everything, but today was an exception. He walked toward the room. He knew once he stepped in, everyone would recognize that Owen was his son. What they wouldn’t know was that Leah was his mother.

He entered the room. Half of the team were at a buffet table right inside the door, the rest were seated at the conference table. Coop, sitting closest to the door, was the first to notice them. He dropped his fork on a plate piled high with scrambled eggs, hash brown casserole, and bacon. “Oh, man. Just man. Like wow.”

Sitting next to him Alex looked up, and his mouth fell open. “You have a son.”

Riley nodded, and one by one, the team fell silent and stared.

“You all know Leah and I were once engaged,” Riley said. “I’d like you all to meet our son, Owen, who I just met this week myself.”

The team openly gaped as the room got pin-drop quiet. A few of his teammates cast angry looks at Leah.

Riley didn’t want to provide details with Owen in his arms so he simply said, “Leah had a good reason. I’ll share it with you later.”

The hostility lessened and questioning looks slipped into place.

Owen scooted closer, clinging to Riley. He hadn’t thought about how coming into this group of big men would intimidate a small child. This father thing was going to take some time.

He smiled at Owen. “Hey, Bud. It’s okay. There are a lot of people here that you don’t know, and some of them are kinda big and scary looking. But I work with them, and they’re my friends. So you’ll get to know them when you visit.”

Owen planted his hands on Riley’s face and looked into his eyes. “I want to live here with you, Daddy. I like the cabin. And Mia and David. And Barkley, too.”

Riley felt Leah clench up beside him. “We can talk about that later. But now we need to eat before the food gets cold. What do you want for breakfast?”

Riley moved to the buffet table as if nothing had happened and waited for someone to start talking again.

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