Shane's Fall (The Escort Series Book 2) by Kennedy Sloane

Author:Kennedy, Sloane [Kennedy, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-17T07:00:00+00:00

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“Savannah?”

Savannah froze at the sound of Robert’s voice behind her. In the melee of the kids being dismissed for the day, she hadn’t heard him come into the room. Most of the kids had already torn out of the room to meet their parents but, Robert’s son, Nicholas, was busily packing up his belongings from the bin each child in the class had been assigned to keep their stuff in.

“Robert,” she managed to say pleasantly but her stomach churned. This man had seen her at her worst. It hadn’t appeared that he’d shared her bout of craziness with anyone at the school because she still had her job, but he had stopped bringing his son to class himself, instead tasking the child’s nanny with that chore.

“How are you?” he asked carefully.

She nodded almost violently and then tried to smile brightly. “I’m good, really good.”

“Good,” he said awkwardly and then paused. “I…I didn’t know after what happened,” he slowed and then stopped mid thought. “I’m sorry if I did something to frighten you,” he blurted out.

She was sure she her mouth was opening and closing like some demented fish struggling for air, but she couldn’t believe he was apologizing to her. “No, Robert, you did nothing wrong.”

He seemed visibly relieved and she realized what a truly nice man he was.

“Daddy, daddy!” Nicholas shouted as he ran up to his father and thrust a big, colorful piece paper into the man’s hands. “I painted today!”

Robert and Savannah both laughed when the still wet finger-paint smeared all over Robert’s hands and sleeve. “Wow, good job buddy. I love it!” he declared as he admired his son’s effort. “Why don’t you go find your jacket while I talk to Miss Bradshaw some more, okay?”

The little boy nodded heartily and then took off to do his father’s bidding.

“He’s an amazing boy, Robert. Your wife would be so proud of how you’re raising him.”

Robert’s eyes darkened with pain for a moment at the mention of his dead wife, but then he looked at his son and smiled. “Thank you. He can’t stop talking about you – you’re his favorite teacher.”

Savannah smiled and then went around to her desk to grab some hand wipes that she kept stashed there. “He’s really sweet – and such a talker,” she commented as she absently wiped at one of Robert’s paint covered hands.

“Savannah, I was wondering if you might want to try things again. We could go someplace quieter,” he offered.

She stilled at his words. The last thing she expected was him to ask her out on another date. He was so sweet and thoughtful and a few weeks ago she would have said yes – had in fact said yes. What she had with Shane wasn’t really a relationship, so saying yes to this man was what she should do – it would be the healthy thing to do.

“Robert,” she began as she wiped his other hand and then handed him a fresh wipe so he could get the rest.

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