Just One Spark by Jenna Bayley-Burke

Author:Jenna Bayley-Burke [Unknown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, stalker, firefighter, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781619223851
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Hannah pretended the day was normal, smiling as she took her seat at the restaurant table opposite the two people controlling the rest of her career. She put aside the morning spent pondering stalker theories with Mason and his brothers. There was no room for that here now.

Dean Curtis checked his watch as she sat down. She still had three minutes until she was technically late, but on time was out of character for Hannah. But then so was dealing with police captains in her home before breakfast.

As he was district manager, meetings with Dean were nothing out of the ordinary. Meetings with regional manager, Judy Miller, were rarer. The woman oversaw five districts in four states. Judy’s warm smile put Hannah at ease, helping her to school her features into the confident mask she wore so well. Hannah had liked Judy from the day they’d met at a career fair in college. Judy had recruited Hannah to Mendelssohn’s and followed her career every step of the way.

“Are you ready for today?” Dean asked, sipping the coffee already on the table.

“Absolutely.” Hannah nodded. “I’ve had the presentation organized for weeks.”

“You always get so excited for holidays. I’m sure you’ll spread your enthusiasm around, just like always.” The older woman smiled.

A waitress appeared, took their orders and removed the coffee from Hannah’s place. Hannah’s cell phone rang to life, rattling her nerves. She wondered about answering it, but saw it was the store and decided to chance their disapproval.

“Hannah Daniels.”

“When are you coming in?” Gary’s voice sounded tinny and frantic across the line. Hannah knew she’d been placed at the store to compensate for Gary’s weaknesses, but the man relied on her more and more every day. It must be nice to be able to delegate your entire job to someone else.

Hannah chose her words carefully, aware of who listened in. She knew Gary was already on thin ice. She wanted credit for all she was doing, but she didn’t want to sink another man’s career either. She hoped it sounded that way.

Without asking about the phone call, Judy turned to Dean. “Call Gary. Drop in while Hannah is away so you can get a grip on how he’s handling things without her.”

Dean nodded, grabbed his phone and excused himself from the table. Hannah hoped someday she’d be able to speak with such authority and command so much respect.

“Your boyfriend was late picking you up?”

Hannah jumped in her skin. Let’s just cut to the chase. She didn’t have to ask what the other woman was referring to.“I wasn’t sure he was coming.”

Judy nodded. “You knew the man who attacked you?”

“Yes. We dated a year and a half ago.”

“The police are taking care of it?”

Hannah couldn’t help the corners of her mouth turning up as she thought about the level of police involvement. “Of course. They aren’t holding him, but he’s out of state right now.”

“Can he do that? Go out of state while charges are pending?” Hannah hadn’t even thought to ask Mike that.

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