Leather and Lace (Tempered Steel Book 2) by Adams Maggie

Author:Adams, Maggie [Adams, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-27T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Angel sighed wistfully as she watched Sam striding down the street toward her a week later. From the window by her desk, she noted the changing colors of the leaves glowing in the setting sun. October in Grafton was one of the most beautiful scenes she knew she would ever see. The blue of the sky was the perfect background to the ever turning foliage along the bluffs, while the sparkling river added a shimmering intensity to the entire landscape.

She understood why hundreds of people flocked to the river-bend area to picnic or walk, or bike the trails. But she especially loved to see the artists with their paints and easels, trying desperately to recapture the beauty of God’s perfect colors before the sun set.

She waved to Sam as he came in the back gate. He smiled at her. Since she and Sam had reconciled their differences, so to speak, she had been happier than she had been in the past fifteen years, but there was still a wall between them. Whenever she tried to bring up the past, a shuttered look would come into his eyes and he would change the subject.

She was so afraid of breaking their fragile bond, she would back off, and they would continue as if nothing bad ever happened. He was going to have to talk about it, and soon, because she knew they could never be truly happy with each other until the past was put to rest.

Angel heard Sam in the mud room washing up and taking off his dirty clothes. The brothers had been working long hours at the construction site, taking twice the time to clean up the mess, going over the debris from the fire with a fine tooth comb, hoping to find something that the arson squad, and Sam’s buddies from his SEAL days, had overlooked. There had to be something that could pinpoint the location in Las Vegas of the vandal. It was a starting point.

Lucky had flown there earlier in the week and, after a few discreet inquiries provided by Sam’s contacts, had gotten a job as a bouncer at one of the small casinos known for less than reputable business practices. He had high hopes of finding something of value to the family because the owner had been making noises about opening another casino in the Midwest last year.

Sam walked into the living room and Angel rose to greet him. Even though he had stripped down to a pair of boxer briefs, he still smelled of smoke and sweat. She wrinkled her nose. Sam caught her look, and with a lecherous grin, he reached out to grab her. She laughed and swiftly evaded his outstretched hands. “Catch me if you can, big guy!”

He took off in hot pursuit, happy her ordeal hadn’t given her any residual issues. He ran, chasing her around the coffee table and down the hall. Running up the stairs, she shrieked in mock horror as his hand grabbed at her foot.

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