Snakes Among Sweet Flowers by Jason Huffman-Black

Author:Jason Huffman-Black [Huffman-Black, Jason]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-236-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

CAM YAWNED as he sat on the side of the bed. The morning was pale and gloomy, with a drizzle still falling after a night of heavy thunderstorms. He stood with a long stretch, then scratched his belly and headed for the shower and the start of his day.

As he made coffee and got down bowls for cereal, he considered what he would do with the kids all day. They would be disappointed they wouldn’t get to ride their bikes, and it was probably too moist in the old house to paint. Maybe he could take them to a movie.

As he watched the rain out the kitchen window over the sink, he remembered that Jackson had been out in the storms the night before. That had to have sucked. People need to be more considerate and have their accidents in the light of day. Cam chuckled at his absurdity.

When he heard a car’s tires on the gravel drive, Cam headed for the front door and threw it open. He wondered if Jackson had been home at all or if he was coming straight from whatever scene he’d been working. The kids piled out and ran for the porch, but Cam stood frozen in confusion as a police officer that was obviously not Jackson Rhodes climbed out from behind the wheel and walked toward him.

Cam glanced at the kids, who smiled as they clambered up the stairs. “Officer Rhodes had to work all night,” Luanne offered as she wiped her feet.

Okay, that made sense. Cam released a breath he hadn’t known he was holding and offered his hand to the policeman now stepping onto his porch. “How’s it going? Cam Sanders.”

The man shook his hand. “Leland Simmons. I brought them over.” He gestured to the door of the house, indicating the three who were no longer in sight. “But I don’t think I’ll make it back by to take ’em home. You gonna be able to handle it?”

“Yeah, no problem,” Cam replied. “So Jackson got the day off for his trouble, then?”

Leland frowned and looked down at his highly shined shoes. “Uh… I guess you haven’t been listening to the news or anything?”

Cam felt some body part wedge itself into his throat so tightly he couldn’t swallow, and he was sure he was going to choke. And yet he stood there without showing any sign of distress, just staring until Leland continued.

“They got the injured from the wreck cleared by midnight, but had the scene to work and all the cars to tow, road to sweep of debris, you know?” Leland ticked all the duties on his fingers as he leaned back against the post of the porch railing, but only for the moment it took him to realize the pillar was unstable and would likely dump him out into the muddy yard if he continued.

Cam needed a seat anyway, so he waved the officer to one of the rockers and they both took a load off. Cam waited for him to continue.

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