Dangerous Behavior by Nancy Bush

Author:Nancy Bush [Bush, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Sam strode down the main hall of Sea and Sunset Retirement Living to his dad’s apartment. He knocked on the door and tried the handle. Locked. Knocking louder, he called, “Dad? It’s Sam. You in there?”

There was no answer, so he waited a couple of minutes, wondering if his father was in the bathroom. It was barely seven a.m., a little early for a visit, maybe, but Sam didn’t have time to waste. He was heading to the hospital next, though he knew discharges tended to take a while. No one had given him a time to pick up Jules. For that matter, no one knew he was going to be the one to fetch her.

“Dad?” He rattled the handle.

An older woman with a walker was just coming out her door, and she looked at him askance. “Who are you?” she warbled.

“I’m Donald’s son. Sam.”

“Donald said his son died.”

“His other son. He has two.”

“No, he only has one.” She slowly wheeled herself past him, heading down the hall where he’d just come.

“Dad?!”

“Hold your horses,” came the irked and muffled voice from Donald’s room. About a decade later his father opened the door and Sam stepped inside, closing it behind him.

“What’re you doing here?” Donald asked. “You know what time it is, son?”

“I need to talk to you about Joe, Dad. About his business. What he was doing. You know the financial end of things. You’re the one who got Joe interested in the business in the first place. . . .”

“Hang on there. Don’t blame me. He was always interested in making money.” He trundled back to his chair, throwing over his shoulder, “Can’t say the same for you.”

Sam paced past his father to the far end of the room and looked out the window, struggling to get a handle on his composure. He normally wasn’t so undone, but Joe’s death was a bolt of lightning that kept striking from the sky, catching him unawares and reverberating through him long after he thought the chance of getting hit was over.

In the presence of his father, Sam felt the grip on his emotions start to cave. He bore down on his feelings, aware that if he succumbed he could break down completely. Only the desire to find out the truth kept him from being overcome by grief. Still, he thought of his brother’s smile, one that had become rarer over the years, and his heart ached. When had that happened? When Joe broke away from the huge firm he’d worked for and went into business for himself? Or was it something else?

“Breakfast is at eight,” Donald let him know.

Sam sat down in the only extra chair in the room as his father worked to adjust his La-Z-Boy recliner. Once Donald was settled, Sam pulled his chair up closer so they were looking at each other, eye to eye. “I need some help, Dad. I need to find out about Joe.”

“Joe?”

“Yes, Joe. Your son. He died in a boating accident the day before yesterday.

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