Montana SEAL by James Elle

Author:James, Elle [James, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781626950429
Published: 2015-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

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HANK DITCHED his bag in Fin’s old room, which didn’t look anything like the room he remembered. Gone were the football trophies, rodeo buckles and posters of his favorite bull riders. In their places were abstracts with splashes of red, tan and black. The walls had been painted a flat tan, and the solid wood four-poster bed sat at an angle in the corner of the room. Hank had the urge to center it on the wall where the bed used to be when Fin had been in high school. Instead, he turned and left the room as it was.

He found Sadie in the kitchen, settling steaks and chicken breasts on a tray. “Grill?”

She nodded, handing him the tray. “You know where to find it.”

Hank cranked up the gas grill and placed the steaks and chicken on the grate. When he returned to the kitchen, he stood at Sadie’s side, chopping lettuce, tomatoes and sweet onions for a salad, while she cleaned the ears of corn on the cob and wrapped them in foil to go on the grill.

“When did you learn to cook?” Hank asked as he tossed the salad in the bowl.

She smiled. “When I was a starving waitress in LA, trying to break into the movie industry. I couldn’t afford to eat out, and I needed all my tip money to pay my rent. I even learned how to make Ramen Noodles taste good.”

“Hey.” He twisted a damp dishtowel and popped her bottom. “Don’t be talking bad about Ramen Noodles. I’ve eaten them more times than I can count, out of pure self-preservation.”

They talked and moved in and out of the kitchen checking the food as it cooked. By the time the chicken breasts and steaks were ready to come off the grill, Fin showed up.

He stopped beside the grill and sniffed the air. “Something smells good.”

“Go get cleaned up while we put this on the table,” Sadie said.

The pure domesticity of working in the kitchen with Sadie made Hank long for more experiences just like it. It was what it would be like if they were married. Living under one roof, cooking in the same kitchen, sleeping in the same bed…

“Why the big sigh?” Sadie asked.

Hank hadn’t realized he’d even done it. “Just that it’s a beautiful evening, and I can’t think of a place I’d rather be.”

She nodded. “I was thinking the same thing.” She took one of the plates full of steak and chicken up the steps of the back porch.

Hank followed. As they entered the house, the telephone rang. Fin’s voice sounded in the hallway, “Hello…Oh, hey, Joe… Tonight? Sure, I’d love to meet you there… I’ll check with them. Either way, I’ll be there after supper. See ya.”

Sadie set the bowl of salad on the table and glanced up as Fin entered the kitchen, shaking the water out of his hair. “I jumped in the shower since I smelled more like a horse than a man.” He padded to the table barefooted, buttoning his shirt.

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