Last Chance Harbor by Vickie McKeehan

Author:Vickie McKeehan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Beachdevils Press
Published: 2014-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

Ryder spent his Sunday in a foul mood, bitching at other people. He yelled at Marty about leaving his tools out. He wrote up one of the field hands for being late without listening to the reason. He took advantage of his bad disposition to fire off a scathing email to his private investigator for lack of results.

When his cell phone rang, he picked it up, found he was disappointed to see it wasn’t Julianne’s number on the display. Instead, he saw a Philly area code.

“Hi Mom.”

“Does my wayward son ever think to call his mother?”

“Sorry, I’ve been busy.”

“Too busy to tell me you’re alive and well? It takes five minutes to let me know, twenty seconds to compose a text. Ryder Shane McLachlan, do I have to come out West and check on you? Because I will.”

Chastised, he caught her up with his work schedule and the goings-on in small town versus the big city. But he didn’t mention anything about Julianne.

“Hmm, interesting that I’m not hearing anything about a female in your life? That’s disappointing. I’d like grandchildren before I’m too old to enjoy them.”

He sidestepped the familiar bait and went on for another twenty minutes about his boatbuilding idea.

“You let me know and I’m happy to invest.”

“I’m not taking your life savings, Mom. How’s work?”

“You think you’re so good at changing the subject. Work is fine.”

“And the hunky ER doctor…?”

“Is taking me to dinner later.”

Even his mother had a better social life than he did. After another ten minutes, they said their goodbyes. After hanging up, Ryder realized he was either homesick or feeling sorry for himself. Either way, he needed an attitude adjustment. He thought he knew where to find one. After all, how long did he intend to let someone like Bethany rule over his future?

“You did act like an ass.”

Ryder heard the voice, angled around to react. For a reply, Scott got his middle finger.

“My, my, you are in a pissy mood. It’s times like this I see why women think we’re not in touch with our feelings.”

“What do you know about it? You’ve never had to deal with her. Julianne could make a man want to join a monastery.”

Ryder saw Scott look around at their surroundings. “I can see that. You’re alone, been alone for two years. Seems to me, you’ve created your very own cloister. All you need is to shave your head and put on a robe and you’d have the character down pat.”

“Fuck you.”

“No thanks. No matter what you think, it’s in our DNA as human beings to seek out relationships. A hermit-like existence isn’t good for anyone.”

“With Julianne I want… I want…”

“A future?”

“I don’t know. The idea of moving forward with a schoolteacher scares me.”

“Why don’t you give it a chance? See what happens. Maybe you aren’t cut out to be with one another.”

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