Small Town Trouble: Book 5 of Cat Detective Familiar Legacy mystery series by Laura Benedict

Author:Laura Benedict
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: KaliOka Press
Published: 2018-01-07T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

N ow that he and Erin were at least somewhat back on track, Noah felt like a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. There was a track, he was convinced. She thought his plan to ask Zach Wilkins some questions about Julie Berry was a good one. After their talk at The Village Bean, they parted ways until he would pick her up later that evening to go out to Zach's place. He couldn't wait to see her again.

At home, he showered quickly and dressed, choosing a funky black and white fitted western shirt he'd picked up on his last trip to Louisville and black jeans. It wasn't that he thought they were on a date, but he suddenly wanted to impress her. To be his best self. The guys at the dealership would give him six kinds of hell if they saw him.

Screw them.

"Well, don't you look dressed to kill, son?”

When Noah had gotten home the house had been empty. Now his father stood in the kitchen doorway, a six pack dangling from his hand. He twisted off a beer and held it out to Noah.

"No thanks. Gotta go." Noah gave him a conciliatory smile and started past him.

"Hey, wait a minute. You got a date or something? Your mom said you dumped that little Christian girl last winter. Must be the boss's daughter then. She's a tasty little thing. I like that you're thinking big. Imagine me father-in-law to the Walsh girl. Ha!"

Noah didn't like the idea of his father even thinking about Erin. He clenched his fists, then relaxed them. He couldn't let his father see he was getting to him.

"Why don't you have her out here to dinner some night? Your mama's such a fine cook, and I bet she'd be pleased to see you with a girl like that. She always did want better for you. Though nobody could do better than your mama. She was a peach when she was a girl. Not that you'd know it now. She's let herself go a bit."

Again Noah bit back his anger and breathed deeply. He wanted to punch his father until he understood that every bit of pain his mother had felt, every wrinkle on her face was due to him, Jeb Daly, a man who had married an unspoiled teenager then turned into a real criminal, a man who eventually quit legitimate work to let his wife support him.

"Yeah. I'll ask mom. Thanks. I'll see you later, Dad."

Noah finally got past him and opened the kitchen door to go to his bike.

"Not tomorrow, though. I'm getting out of this place for a couple days. I need a break from the four walls. Feeling caged, you know?" He grinned at his own joke.

"Are you allowed to leave town? You got permission to go somewhere?" Noah wasn't sure about all the specifics of his father's parole, but he didn't think it included being allowed to hang out somewhere out of town with his dope-growing friends.

"Aren't you nice to worry about your old man?" He shook his head.

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