Fast Break (Texas Titans Holiday) by Cheryl Douglas

Author:Cheryl Douglas [Douglas, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cheryl Douglas

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Kevin had been taking people’s heads off all morning, and his kid brother was no exception. “I don’t have time to talk to you now,” Kevin said, gesturing to his desk. “I’m swamped.”

Ignoring the warning, Zach entered the room, closing the door behind him. “Everyone needs a break, hot shot.”

“Not in the mood.”

Zach sat down across from Kevin, folding his hands over his flat stomach as he waited for his brother to look up from his computer screen and acknowledge him. “I can sit here all day.” He shrugged. “Been to practice, had a workout. Ren’s picking Monica up from school, so I got no place to be.”

Kevin knew he was trying to get on his nerves and it was working. “I have work to do,” he said, gesturing to the stacks of boxes on the floor and file folders on his desk. “Are you blind? Can’t you see that I’m too busy for this shit right now?”

“I can see that you’re burying yourself in your work, which means you’re trying to avoid or ignore something. Did you talk to Bree about the governor’s offer?”

“He didn’t exactly make an offer,” Kevin said, gritting his teeth. “He made an inquiry, to find out if I’d be interested.”

“And are you?”

Sitting back in his swivel chair, Kevin swiped his hands over his face before reaching for his coffee cup. “I don’t know. I don’t what the hell I’m going to do.”

“Then you did talk to Bree?”

“Yeah, I told her about it.” He grimaced as the cold coffee went down.

“And?”

“And she thinks I’d be crazy not to take it.”

“She really said that?” Zach asked, frowning. “That’s not the reaction I’d been expecting.”

“Yeah, you’re not the only one.” Deep down, Kevin knew she was just trying to do what she thought was best for him, but didn’t she realize by now, after everything he’d said, that she was the best thing for him? The rest of it was just icing on the cake. “I really thought she’d want me to stay.”

“Come on,” Zach said, fisting one hand inside the other. “It’s not like she told you she wanted you to go, right?”

“Not exactly.” But if felt that way to him. He’d wanted her to tell him that she loved him and didn’t want to lose him, that their second chance meant more than any job. “But she may as well have.”

“So what are you gonna do, man?”

“I’ve been trying not to think about it.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “Until you walked in, that was working out pretty well for me.”

“The old man told me the truth about why Bree broke up with you.”

“When?” Kevin asked, glaring at his brother. If he found out Zach knew the truth all along and hadn’t told him, he’d kill him, or at least maim him.

“Relax,” Zach said, sneering. “I found out the same time you did. He looked pretty shaken up when he left the room and I asked him what happened. He said y’all got into it and told me why.

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