Daria's Heroes by Cooper McKenzie

Author:Cooper McKenzie [McKenzie, Cooper]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Erotica, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9781619263499
Google: 3uSNtgAACAAJ
Amazon: 1619263491
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2012-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Roman came down the stairs and found a half dozen people in the kitchen talking, crying, and drinking coffee. All of them were family members in the sense that forty foster children over fifty years could form a family unit. The news had gotten out that Mrs. Stone was dead, and Kelso had probably had his wife, Maddie, tell people that this was the place to gather in this time of sorrow.

It took several minutes of greeting everyone before he reached the nearly empty coffeepot. After pouring himself the first of the dozen or so cups he usually needed to get through the day, he wandered around, trying to find Gage.

But Gage seemed to have disappeared. Before he could make a second pass through the downstairs on his hunt, Kelso grabbed his arm.

“We need to talk,” the older man said with a look that told Roman he would not like the topic of conversation.

“Sure, just let me find Gage and we’ll be right with you.”

“He and Maddie went to the store and then to get Daria’s car. He said we needed more coffee and cups and stuff and that she needed to drive Daria’s car home because he didn’t fit,” Kelso said.

Roman nodded and followed his mentor out onto the porch. “What’s up?”

“I’ve been getting a lot of questions I can’t answer,” Kelso said, staring hard across the lawn instead of looking at Roman.

“Already? It’s only eight o’clock in the morning,” Roman tried to joke, but Kelso did not crack a smile, telling him this was serious and probably not good. “About what?”

“Daria. You and Gage. And where exactly everyone is sleeping.”

Roman ground his back teeth as he considered his friend’s words as anger began to boil in his belly. Then he took a deep breath to push down the anger at the notion that anyone might think of Daria in a less-than-perfect light. Of all of Mrs. Stone’s kids, she was the one who gave and gave and gave, without question, without expectation of recompense, without thought of anything beyond giving aid where it was needed.

Once he had himself back under control, he looked at his friend. “Daria is an adult, and last night her entire world burnt to the ground. We have a guestroom, and she is welcome to use it for as long as she needs and wants to. Of all the things Mrs. Stone taught us, the biggest was that though we are a family from different mothers, we are family and family sticks together.”

Kelso opened his mouth to speak, but Roman cut him off. “You might also tell those who are concerned about Daria’s living arrangements that the woman needs more than a couch for a night or two. She needs a home and security. She’s also going to need a job until she finds out that she passed the EMT certification test she took last night, and we can get her hired on somewhere as an ambulance driver while she studies to be a paramedic.

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