Everyone Loves a Hero by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: deu
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2010-02-06T23:00:00+00:00

By the time Cole brought the plane to a stop at the gate in Chicago, it was nearly eleven. He was exhausted and grateful to have the next day off. He planned to sleep all day.

Next to him, Jake Garrison worked on the paperwork while the flight attendants said good night to the passengers. Without looking up from what he was doing, Jake said, “So who’s the looker at DCA?”

“What?” Cole asked, startled.

“The girl, Langston,” Jake said, laughing. “The one you were wearing like a necklace at the gate?”

Cole took the clipboard from him, signed on the line below Jake’s signature, and handed it back to him. “She’s my girlfriend.”

“You have an actual girlfriend.”

“That’s what I said.”

“A girlfriend who works in the airport?”

Cole looked over at him. “What’s wrong with that?”

“Not a thing,” Jake said, holding up his hands.

“She’s working there while she goes to school.”

Raising an eyebrow, Jake said, “You’re dating a coed?”

“She’s twenty-seven, Jake.”

“What’s she still doing in school?”

“Thanks to some family issues, she’s done a few years at the school of hard knocks. She’s a gifted artist who’s finally starting to believe in her talent.” He looked up to find Jake watching him with interest. “What?”

“Nothing.”

Cole sighed. “Just say it. Whatever it is.”

“What happened to your harem?” Jake asked in a teasing tone.

“Those days are over.”

“Seriously?”

“Yep.”

“Hmm.”

“What does that mean?”

“Oh, nothing,” Jake said. “I just don’t see you as a one-woman kind of guy.”

“Well I am now.” Jake was the second person in as many days to make that observation, leaving Cole to wonder just how awful his reputation had become. His womanizing had definitely gotten worse since his mother died, as if he was trying to fill the void or something. Whatever the reason, it hadn’t worked until he found Olivia.

Irritated by Jake’s comments, Cole took off his seatbelt and slipped out of his seat. He grabbed his uniform coat and backpack. “See ya.” He was halfway up the Jetway when he heard Jake calling him.

“Langston! Wait. Come on. Wait up.”

Cole stopped, took a deep breath, and turned around.

“What’re you so pissed about?” Jake asked.

“Who’s pissed?”

“Oh,” Jake said with a knowing smile. “I get it.”

“I’m tired, Jake, and I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Don’t you?”

“As exciting as this conversation has been, I’m afraid I’ll have to catch you later.” He turned away and started back up the Jetway. “My bed is beckoning.”

“You love her, huh?”

Cole stopped but didn’t turn back. “Yeah, something like that.”

“I’m sorry for what I said. I was out of line.”

“Don’t sweat it, man. See you later.” Cole walked through the terminal thinking that Jake was a good guy who’d always been great to work with. Cole wouldn’t hold Jake’s comments against him, but it had pissed him off to hear Olivia dismissed as nothing special. Although, after the way he’d lived the last few years, he shouldn’t be surprised that his friends were noticing the rather significant changes he’d begun to make lately.

On the shuttle to the parking lot, he checked his watch.

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