The Courage to Love by Christina Tetreault

Author:Christina Tetreault [Tetreault, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00IQVA7XK
Goodreads: 20957921
Publisher: Christina Tetreault
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

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Down below, vehicles traveled up and down the street as pedestrians hurried along on the sidewalk. To most it was another Saturday in the city, but not for him. In another hour he’d sit down with the man who’d killed so many of his teenage dreams without ever looking back. If not for his father’s desertion who knew how his life might be now? Perhaps he would’ve played college football. Instead of running a bed and breakfast with his mother maybe he’d have a successful career in the NFL. Or maybe he would’ve earned his degree debt-free and gone on to do research.

Sean turned his back on the window. The national news replaced the political talk show on the television screen mounted on the wall and the news anchor droned on about a special election in Mississippi. More than a month earlier a long-serving senator had passed away and both parties wanted control of his seat. The entire subject held about as much interest for him as the opera. The way he saw it, politicians were nothing more than well-spoken actors. They said what they needed to say to get elected and then did whatever they pleased once in office. Like everything else, some politicians had more ethics than others, but they all played the system for their own benefit.

Mia disagreed with him, a fact he’d discovered during a conversation about public education. Not only did she strongly support President Warren Sherbrooke, his sister’s father in-law, but she supported several others from his party including Henry Lewis, one of the candidates in the Mississippi special election.

Before Mia came out of the bedroom and heard the latest report on the polls, he started flipping through the channels. When he came across a classic sci-fi movie on a premium cable channel he tossed the remote down. He should be surprised they got such a channel, but wasn’t. Granted, he’d stayed in only a few hotels, but in his experience the choice of television channels was always limited to the most basic. That wasn’t the case here. The television in Mia’s suite received more stations then his did at home. Then again, Mia’s suite at The Regency made The Victorian Rose look like a shack. One-of-a-kind works of art decorated the walls, expensive furniture filled the sitting area and bedroom. A fully stocked gourmet kitchen provided Mia with the ability to cook if she desired. Gold fixtures graced the sink and shower in the bathroom, which contained not only a glass shower stall but also an extra-large bath tub and a separate hot tub.

Why Mia picked The Victorian Rose for her short vacation when she could’ve stayed in a place like this escaped him. Given the choice, he knew which he’d pick for a getaway.

“Do you want to walk or call a taxi?”

Sean turned at the sound of Mia’s voice. Like when she’d stayed in North Salem, she’d gone light on the makeup today, unlike when she’d been on the set the day before.

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