Fires of Autumn by Le Veque Kathryn

Author:Le Veque, Kathryn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Published: 2012-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Hunter Nantz had his mother’s violet eyes and his father’s blond good looks. While Brody was very friendly to the enormous Secret Service agent, Hunter wasn’t so amiable. He was polite but seemed wary of the man, even through dinner. Colt tried to engage him in conversation a couple of times but it was clear that Hunter didn’t want to talk to him. When the meal was over, Hunter fled to his room and shut the door.

Riley had plans that night so she left Casey to the dishes. Colt helped Casey in the kitchen, bringing her dirty dishes to put in the dishwasher and even wiping off the table for her. Brody, still the walking wounded with the cast on his arm, had an excuse not to help with the dishes as he sat in the family room and played video games. Colt could see the kid killing aliens from his post in the kitchen.

“You’re a good cook,” he told Casey. “That meatball and spinach soup was amazing. Where’d you learn to cook like that?”

Casey smiled up at him as she put the leftovers away. “My mother is a great cook,” she said. “I guess I just carry on the tradition.”

“Does your sister cook?”

Casey nodded as she closed the refrigerator door. “She does, and very well,” she said. “You don’t happen to have a single friend she can cook for, do you?”

He grinned. “I don’t have a lot of friends, period.”

“Why not?”

He shrugged, leaning back against the kitchen counter with his big arms crossed over his chest. “I don’t know,” he said. “I was always kind of a big, quiet kid. Because I was so big, kids were scared of me so they stayed away. The more they stayed away, the more introverted I became. By the time I reached high school, I just had a couple of good friends and that was it.”

Casey moved close to him, reaching up to run her fingers gently through the hair at his temple. “But you’re so sweet and grounded,” she said. “You should have hundreds of friends. I can’t believe you keep to yourself so much.”

He eyed Brody as he reached out and put an arm around her waist, pulling her a little closer to him. “I think it was a self-perpetuating problem,” he said. “People are scared of me so they stay away; therefore, I keep to myself and do my own thing. It’s no big deal. But I was Prom King.”

She giggled. “How in the world did that happen?”

Again, he shrugged. “My ex-wife was a cheerleader and we were voted as the Prom King and Queen. She was really outgoing, very popular, so I just kind of followed along on her coattails.”

Casey was still grinning. “Well, the title was well deserved,” she told him. “But where did this ‘Anti-Christ’ nickname come from? Do you know I heard that term tossed around for three days before I ever knew your name?”

It was his turn to grin. “Oh, that,” he pulled her a little closer.

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