If I Belong With You: A Sweet and Engaging Christian Romance (Seriously Sweet St Louis Book 1) by Cindy Kirk

Author:Cindy Kirk [Kirk, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Waverly House
Published: 2020-12-03T00:00:00+00:00

Jake spent Monday morning at the school district’s central administration office. It took the entire morning. By the time the meeting concluded, Jake wanted nothing more than to relax over lunch before heading back to his afternoon classes. But he had more pressing matters on his mind.

He headed down the long hallway, admiring the shiny linoleum and fresh paint that made the turn-of-the-century building look almost new. Jake stopped in the doorway of a large room.

Debra Dean.

According to one of the administrators, her office was in this room. The irritation that he’d kept under control surged. There was no reason for her not to have returned his calls. All he wanted was an address or a phone number. Surely, that wasn’t too much to ask?

A young girl, who didn’t even look old enough to be out of high school, stopped, a friendly smile lighting her features. “Are you looking for someone?”

“Debra Dean.”

The girl batted her eyes at him appreciatively. She was attractive, with her brown hair cut in wispy pieces and her short skirt showing off her shapely legs to full advantage, but she didn’t look a day over eighteen.

“Debra sits over there.” She smiled and pointed to a row of cubicles at the far edge of the room. “In that last aisle. She’s about halfway back on your right.”

“Thanks.” He turned to go, but she stepped in front of him.

“If you need anything, my name’s Callie.” The girl pointed to a nearby cubicle. “I sit there. I do the payroll.”

He smiled. “Jake Weston. Woodland Hills.”

“I do the payroll for Woodland Hills.” Her smile brightened.

“Is that right?” Jake feigned interest and stifled a groan at the glimmer of feminine interest in her eyes. “I’d better be going. See you around, Kellie.”

“Callie,” she corrected him.

He flashed her a smile. “Callie.”

Debra’s cubicle was just where the girl had said it would be, and Jake breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the woman was actually at her desk.

He rapped lightly on the partition’s metal edge. “Ms. Dean.”

The woman removed the reading glasses and pushed the computer reports she’d been reviewing to the side. “Yes?”

“I’m Jake Weston.”

Confusion clouded her features, and Jake’s heart sank. “We talked last week. You were going to help me get a current address and phone number of a friend…?”

“I remember now. You’re the one from Woodland Hills.” Debra started riffling through a stack of folders on the corner of her desk. “You know I used to teach with Tom Jorgens years ago. In fact, my husband and I used to socialize with Jane and Tom.”

“You know Jane died a few years back.”

“I know. I hear the guy that hit her is going to be back on the street.” She sighed and set the folder down. “Every time I think of Jane, I can’t help but remember her funeral. It was so sad.”

Jake had been there. He remembered the pain and grief on Tom’s face.

“How’s Tom doing? Last time I saw him he looked terrible. He must have dropped a good thirty pounds.

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.