Georgie on His Mind by Jennifer Shirk

Author:Jennifer Shirk [Shirk, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-01-10T21:08:00+00:00

Walt held on to Georgie's arm and led her up the path to the condo. Normally, she would have shrugged off his touch, making sure to emphasize that she was quite capable of handling the situation by herself, but something held her back. Instead, she leaned on him, giving in to the comfort he was trying to give her, and it felt surprisingly good. She was glad Walt was there with her. Between the flashes going off and the microphones being shoved in her face, she didn't know how she'd have managed to make it to her front door. As soon as they did, her brother swung open the door. She prayed he would be happy about winning.

More flashes went off. Walt's arm was suddenly around her, and she heard a reporter yell, "Miss Mayer, what was your first reaction when you heard the news?"

Georgie held a hand up to her eyes. The lights they kept throwing in her face appeared like a second sun. She tried to blink away the effects and lost her balance, ending up with her chin in Walt's chest. "Uh ... well, I guess you could say-"

"No comment," Walt growled and pushed her none too lightly through the doorway. She stumbled in, and Brad slammed the door behind them.

She could tell Brad was not happy about winning the contest. Air was coming through her brother's nose in short snorty puffs, like a rottweiler picking up the scent of raw meat. Although she was still blinded, she took a weird sort of comfort to learn that her hearing was pitch perfect.

"What the hell, Georgie?" Brad finally cried. "I mean ... What the hell?"

She blinked, allowing her eyes to focus in the normal light, then winced when she could finally see him. The rottweiler image she'd imagined wasn't that far off. In fact, he looked ready to tear her limbs apart at any second.

With his teeth.

She cleared her throat and held up her index finger. "I can explain everything." I hope.

"Can we have a word in private?" he asked Walt.

Walt shrugged and took a step toward the bedroom, but Georgie grabbed hold of his arm. "No, it's okay. I think Walt should stay." As a witness to my attempted murder at the very least.

"Fine," Brad muttered. "But honestly, what were you thinking, entering that contest, Georgie? Do you know what kind of reputation a guy like Clay Hayes has?"

She opened her mouth, then promptly closed it. One, she wasn't aware of any reputation that Clay Hayes had, and two, why would he be worried about Clay Hayes' reputation if he won a date with Rae Roberts?

Brad whirled around and began pacing the room. "And now you've gone and gotten yourself a date with that guy. You really did it this time. Oh, man, and I thought Tim Clark was bad, but now this."

"Wait a minute," she said, slamming her hands on her hips. "What was the matter with Tim Clark?" Walt poked her in the back, and she remembered the more important matter at hand.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.