Love, Alabama (Alabama Series Book 2) by Susan Sands

Author:Susan Sands [Sands, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781943963911
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2016-04-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

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Tad was determined to rid his town of the scourge that was Matthew Pope. First, he would figure out where he’d seen him or met him before. The guy had attended Auburn back around the time he’d been at Alabama. He was certain they’d overlapped someplace in the past? Had Pope been in a fraternity? Tad was fortunate enough in his many contacts and position of power that a background check and an inquiry through certain channels might just yield the information he sought.

If nothing turned up, which he doubted, then he would figure out a way to get Matthew replaced by his network, or, as a last result, pull the plug on the filming of Cammie’s show. That would be too bad because the show had put their little town on the map lately. There’d been an increase in tourism in the past couple months, and that was a shot in the arm for everyone. He wouldn’t let it be said that Mayor Tad Beaumont didn’t have the best interests of Ministry, Alabama as his first priority—just so long as he could get rid of Matthew Pope in the process.

He was doing the right thing, here, looking out for Emma. She had no business getting so cozy with this guy. He was sleazy, and obviously hiding something. It hadn’t gone beyond Tad’s notice how the guy nearly wet his pants when Tad said he’d recognized him from someplace. His expression was dead-busted guilty. Too bad Emma hadn’t noticed. So now, Tad just needed to get to the bottom of who Matthew really was, or more accurately, who he used to be. Sure, he was a bona fide TV guy now, but Tad never forgot a face or a name. And it was rare that he couldn’t put the two together. He’d been called a dog with a bone when he couldn’t figure something out. And he would figure this out.

Last night hadn’t gone so well with Sadie. It wasn’t like him to drink so much and behave badly. So far as his sweet wife was concerned, he was a model husband and father—because he was. No one knew about the time he spent thinking about Emma and wishing things had gone differently between them. His self-control was commendable, he believed. As much as he still admired her, he kept his distance. He was careful to spend his private time with her photos. As much as he would like to touch her again—he refrained.

Seeing her with Matthew Pope’s hands all over her body made him want to retch, in fact, his stomach was currently roiling just remembering last night’s fiasco. Or, maybe it was the large amounts of scotch he’d consumed. Either way, he would have to make this up to Sadie. Apparently, he’d been a brute and nearly knocked her to the ground. That was unacceptable behavior. Fortunately, his townsfolk were loyal to him and would support him, just as he’d so generously led them these past years as their humble public servant.

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