Secured Wishes by Charity Parkerson

Author:Charity Parkerson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Punk & Sissy Publications
Published: 2014-01-21T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Gracie drew a sharp line and used the tip of her finger to shade in the area next to it. She chewed on her bottom lip for a moment wondering if she should add a bit more detail. “Can I ask you a personal question?”

Bob snorted. “I think we’re beyond asking permission.”

“I guess we are,” she admitted. “Why are you here with me on a Saturday night instead of out with some hot woman?”

“I am with a hot woman. Now it’s my turn. Who is this guy that has you tied up in knots?”

Gracie kept her eyes locked on her sketchpad wondering how he could possibly know. “What makes you think I’m tied up in knots?” she asked, avoiding his question. He stayed quiet for so long she finally glanced up. His eyes were sad, and she realized suddenly that Bob was only recognizing a kindred spirit. He was obviously going through his own shit. She laid her sketchpad aside and settled more comfortably in her seat, giving him her full attention. He stretched his legs in front of him. Dropping his head back against the chair, he crossed his hands over his bare stomach. He tilted his head so that he was watching her through half closed eyes, and she stared at him for a few minutes not really seeing him, then her mind snapped back into focus and she heard herself admitting. “I’m not tied up in knots so much as I’m pregnant and alone.”

To give him credit he didn’t run out screaming; instead he surprised her by shaking his head. “Who would be stupid enough to leave you?”

She smiled sadly at his question. “His name is Jacob, and apparently I was extremely easy to leave.”

“I’m having trouble picturing it.”

“What about you? What has you in such a thoughtful mood?”

He gave her a self-deprecating smile. “I don’t like myself very much tonight,” he shrugged as if it were of no importance. “It happens to me sometimes.”

“Well, Bob,” she said while picking up her sketchpad, “I like you enough for the both of us, and next time you find yourself in a similar mood, come see me, and I’ll still like you enough for the both of us.”

“This Jacob is a stupid man, Gracie,” he told her softly.

“Yes,” she agreed. “Yes, he is.”

***

The empty storefront stared back at Jacob as he gripped his cell phone between his hands wondering who he could call to help him find Gracie. His flight landed two hours earlier, and he went straight to her apartment from the airport only to find she no longer lived there. He never even made it past the security at the gate since she was no longer on the list of tenants. The studio was his next stop, but it was gone as well. He felt sure there were a million different ways he could track her down, but since he’d been awake going on four days now, his brain wasn’t firing on all cylinders. He hoped

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