The Mary's Boys Collection by Brandon Witt

Author:Brandon Witt [Witt, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

Teegan Chau

“Hello?” Kelly was barely audible on the other end of the phone. “Are you okay?”

Teegan closed his eyes, refusing to let any tears fall despite the burn. “Yeah.”

The sound of rustling fabric and murmuring answered him. Probably Jeff moving in the bed and wondering who the hell would call at this time of night. Then Kelly was back. “Teegan, it’s almost three in the morning.”

“I know. I—” His throat constricted, cutting off his words.

“Hold on.” There was more whispering. A few more seconds passed. “Okay, I left the bedroom so I can talk.” Kelly yawned. “Teegan, what’s wrong?”

“Can you check on Megan?”

“What?” Panic filled her voice, making her sound alert. “Why?”

He could hear her moving and imagined her rushing down the hall toward their daughter’s room. “Nothing’s wrong. I’m sure she’s safe. I just need to know.”

She didn’t reply, but the door handle clicked, and her breathing increased. She let out a sigh, and he heard the relief before she spoke. “She’s fine.”

He sagged against the lounge wall. “Thank God.”

Kelly didn’t respond. The door clicked again, and then she was back, volume normal this time. “What the hell, Teegan? Why were you worried about Megan?”

Why had he been worried about her? She was safe. He knew she was safe. “I don’t know. I needed to… I needed to hear you say it. I almost drove over to check.”

Another exhale. As she spoke, her words shifted from seemingly forced patience to actual concern. “You scared me to death. I take it you got called in? Rough patient? A kid?”

“No.” Though the assumption made sense. That would’ve explained his sudden fear for Megan. “There was another gay bashing. It had been long enough since the last one, I thought, maybe….”

“Oh, sweetie.” Kelly sighed, and any lingering irritation left her voice. “Will he live? Or she?”

“Yeah. He’ll live.” Teegan gave himself a shake, straightened up off the floor, and began to pace. “He’ll be fine, actually. Doesn’t look like anything permanent, at least not much. He’s so young.”

“Really? A kid? Who would do that?”

“No. Sorry. Not a kid. Not like Megan. Just young. Young and thin and an easy target.” He cleared his throat and wiped his eyes. “I’m sorry to bother you, Kelly. I had an urge, this… I don’t know. I needed to know she was safe.”

“Megan is safe. And so are you.” Her voice brightened suddenly. “Here. We need something happy. Water World opened a couple of weeks ago. We’re planning on going this Sunday. Jeff mentioned you might want to join. It would be good for you. You’re always working.”

Teegan had to force himself not to groan. His ex’s new husband was nice enough, and he was great with Megan, but Jeff didn’t seem able to talk with Teegan about anything other than sports. To be fair, he’d asked a couple of questions about chopstick usage and what animal he was on the Chinese zodiac since he’d been born in 1977, but both questions had earned him a slap on the arm from Kelly, so he’d reverted to sports.

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