Sparks the Matchmaker (Aaron Sparks Series) by Elkins Russell

Author:Elkins, Russell [Elkins, Russell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inky's Nest Publishing
Published: 2013-04-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Ollie drove over to Joy’s house. After he picked her up, he was expecting to just pop over to Marie’s apartment and then that they’d all head to the circus, but that wasn’t what happened. After he and Joy got to Marie’s place, nobody was home.

“Over here, guys,” Lynn said from behind them. She was standing in the doorway to another apartment. “Hey there, Joy, how are you?”

“Great,” she said, and they both walked across to meet up with Lynn.

“Who lives here?” Ollie asked. “I was starting to think you went to the circus without us.”

“This is Greg’s place,” Lynn said. “We may have some trouble getting to the circus today, though. His manager quit earlier today and Greg doesn’t have anyone to work the shift. So it’s you and me here today.”

Ollie’s heart sank. “Isn’t there somebody else that could come in or something? I mean, Marie’s pretty set on going to the circus.”

“I already talked to Marie about it all,” Lynn said. “She’ll be okay with going tomorrow instead.”

“How’d you swing that?” Ollie wondered. “She was pretty excited and she doesn’t back down very easily.”

“Well, I have a way with Marie,” Lynn said. “I just told her we’d order a pizza if she’d be willing to go tomorrow instead. That’s all it took.” She smiled.

“Genius,” Ollie said, returning her smile.

“Like I said, I have a way with Marie.”

“So...” Joy said. “Can I come back tomorrow and still go with you guys?”

“Oh, you don’t have to take off if you don’t want to,” Lynn said. “I mean, if you’re willing, Ollie could probably use some help today.”

“What are you saying?” Ollie squirmed. “What am I going to be doing?”

“I’d really really like it if you could hang out with Greg for the evening,” Lynn said.

“Oh,” Ollie sighed, a little relieved. “I thought you were gonna ask me to—”

“You thought I was going to what?” Lynn asked. “Ask you to hang out alone with Marie?”

“Yeah,” Ollie said. “I’m not quite ready for that yet.”

“Marie’s easy!” Lynn said. “Seriously, once you get used to her, you’ll just love her to pieces.”

“I know. You keep telling me that,” Ollie said. “I do think she’s great. I just don’t think I’m quite ready for a shift alone with her yet.”

“Well get ready,” Lynn said. “Greg is totally different than Marie is… not that that makes him easy.”

“Why’s that?” Ollie asked nervously. “What’s his deal?”

“He’s got quite the temper,” Lynn said, folding her arms across her stomach. “He didn’t have any special needs until he was a teenager… he had an accident that damaged parts of his brain. Unfortunately, one of the damaged parts was the part that helped him control his temper.”

“Lynn, I’m not trained for restraining people or anything like that. Maybe you’d better work with him and I’ll stick with Marie,” Ollie said.

“Can’t do that,” Lynn said. “Besides, you’ll be fine. You’re ready.”

“You really think so?” Ollie was more than a little reticent.

“Of course you are, Ollie,” Lynn said. “Besides… look at you.

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