Suds and Sam For Hire by Stella Marie Alden

Author:Stella Marie Alden [Alden, Stella Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Sam

I text Suds but he doesn’t answer and when I call, it goes straight to voice mail. He had no right to storm off… Well, except for the promise of a broken leg or possible kidnapping charges from my dad.

Did we break up?

After settling my stomach with a slice of cold pizza, I call Lucky. “Have you seen Suds?”

“No, luv, I thought he was with you.”

Dazed, I plop down at the kitchen table. “If you see him, will you tell him to get back to me?”

“Copy that. He’s probably in Bushwick. If not, you might try Patten’s office. Sometimes he sleeps on a couch there.”

Seeing how Joey’s the one who scared him off, I grab his car keys on the way out and give him a dirty look. His old Impala burns as least a half quart of oil and white smoke spews out of the tailpipe as I back out of the driveway. Thirty minutes later, I double park by a hydrant near his apartment until a woman walks into the building. Slipping in behind her, I pound on his door but no one answers.

An older gentleman peeks out. “He’s not there so stop with the noise already.” He quickly ducks back when I glare.

Fighting back tears, I drive into Manhattan, circle the block for a while, then finally find a place to park near Fifty Third. From there I walk to the coffee shop on the bottom floor of Patten’s high rise.

“Has Suds been in?” I open my cellphone and show his image to the barista.

“Nope. I would’ve remembered.” She flashes a toothy smile. “Out of all of them, he is the sexiest by far. I wouldn’t mind having my body guarded by him.”

“Thanks.” Picturing him with her, I nod curtly, and ask for him at the front desk.

“Sorry, Sam. He hasn’t been in.” The guard gives me a sympathetic look.

Awesome. I sit in the café, drink my extra-large caramel latte, and I send about a hundred texts.

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