Neighborly Intentions by Falon Gold

Author:Falon Gold [Gold, Falon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

~Roland~

Some of the shock from finding Anna at my door had dissipated by the time I had found my keys and headed across our yards to get my truck. I was clearheaded enough to start counting my blessings and think about what I wanted to say to her next when I felt eyes on me. I looked sideways at the bare window that my truck was parked in front of, and locked eyes with Anna.

A surge of joy roiled through me. Her face crumpled up and she turned away as if I had the kind of face only a mother could love. Damn, was I that ugly this early in the day or what?

She turned away and walked into someone’s arms, probably Kay’s. It dawned on me that Anna was genuinely upset about something. It was hard to tell through the dark screens at her windows unless someone stood right at the glass, and it better be Kay’s arms around Anna and not the arms of the guy that was helping her move. Not is not the time to get possessive, Roland. Was there ever a right time for that?

Probably not, but I hadn’t asked to feel this way either. My emotions were what they were, and they were demanding I go find out what had upset Anna. Then, she wailed like somebody was killing her. A vise gripped my heart then squeezed. I detoured from the truck to her front porch, passing by the opened backend of a U-Haul with a ramp running over the front steps to the porch.

The truck was barely filled up halfway with a few boxes and pieces of bedroom furniture. A guy was moving things around the back of the truck instead of off it into the house. I knew a man that was trying to find something else to do when I saw one. Not many men wanted to deal with women’s emotions that were chaotic at best some days.

I went toward the chaos, rounding a whitewashed pole to hop up onto the front porch where I beat my knuckles against the opened red door just as Anna sniffled. Who the hell was I about to kill?

“Why are you knocking, Bo?” Kay asked snippily.

So, Bo was his name, huh? If he was the one I was about to kill, at least I didn’t have to hunt him down.

“I’m knocking because I’m not Bo,” I responded drily.

“Oh!” Kay chirped. “Come in, Roland!”

Loud but incoherent whispering volleyed back and forth between the women from the direction of the master bedroom. I could imagine what that conversation consisted of. Kay would want to welcome anyone that came to visit. Anna would not want anyone to see her crying, but I was coming in anyway and if I had anything to say about it, whatever had her upset would not be upsetting her again.

I strolled into the room. Kay stood in the center of it with a shit-eating grin. Anna had taken a seat on the nightstand near a corner of the room like she was in timeout.

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