SEAL of My Heart by Sharon Hamilton

Author:Sharon Hamilton [Hamilton, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, War, Romance, Military, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
ISBN: 1499191774
Amazon: B00IU2EA88
Goodreads: 22221585
Publisher: Sharon Hamilton
Published: 2014-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

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hapter 23

Tyler and the three new men helped Timmons with the last of his boxes and cleanup, as had been requested by their LPO, Kyle Lansdowne. He’d reported his concerns to Kyle regarding Timmons’s state of mind. “We got a problem, sir.”

“Not the first time someone has retired, only to find out their whole world got downsized by the wife,” Kyle told him.

“Just hard to watch.” He began to tell Kyle about their encounter with Timmons’s wife, Dottie.

They’d brought the last of the boxes over to Timmons’s house while Ollie stayed behind to sweep out the office and do some much-needed cleaning, even though the Navy would bring in their own cleaning and paint crew soon.

A single bay door to a three-car garage was open. Timmons was seated on a pile of boxes, bent over another set of boxes, three deep and running the entire long side of the bay. Timmons’s pickup had been evicted from its place and was parked on the street.

Carrying a double stack of boxes, Tyler almost set it on the wrapped statue of the frog surfer, which irritated him. This marked the second time in as many days he’d almost destroyed the statue, and though it was replaceable, doing so had cost the team so much, Kyle had indicated perhaps they should have the next one bronzed, thereby extending its useful life. The expense for that, unfortunately, was prohibitive. Tyler set the boxes to the side first and then handed the wrapped statue to Timmons.

“Sir, I’ve almost destroyed this thing twice now. You should take it inside, where it will be safer.”

Timmons clutched the bubble-wrapped object like it was a favorite toy for a boy of ten. “Thank you, son. I appreciate that.” He looked around for a place to put the surfer frog, and then paused and said, “I’ll be right back.” Tyler watched the gentle giant approach the back door of the house, leading to the inner sanctum of Timmons’s wife, whom Timmons had told them was having a bad day. When his Chief struggled to open the door, Tyler was there in an instant to help. He saw too late the oily footprints left on the laundry room vinyl. Timmons had easily opened the lightweight door to his living room and was two steps inside on a light grey carpet.

As soon as the handle clicked shut at Timmons’s back, he heard the shriek he knew was coming. For a second, he thought Dottie had thrown a dish at Timmons, but then realized she’d probably pushed him back into the doorway, sending the bubble-wrapped frog sculpture flying. It was apparent it did not fall on carpet. The distinctive sounds of glass shattering were painful to hear. T.J. and Frank immediately stood to attention as if they’d heard an explosion.

And it turned out it was an explosion of epic proportions.

Tyler was careful to tiptoe around Timmons’s marks on the flooring, and leaned inside the doorway. Timmons was on the floor next to the door, looking dazed.

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