The Pet's Play: A Killough Company novella by M.D. Gregory

Author:M.D. Gregory [Gregory, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-30T18:30:00+00:00

An hour later, Conall’s skin was tingling from the sun, so he got out of the pool and had a shower. He got dressed and went to his old room, which Sloan had turned into an office for him. He went through the whorehouses’ paperwork, examining profits, inventory requests, and clients’ names to check if there was anyone they could blackmail. He came across a couple of senators’ names, as well as some cops who might be able to give them insider information.

When he was done, he passed off the information to Cormac to give to Sloan before he got dressed in what he called his yard clothes. They were simply a pair of jeans and a T-shirt that he’d found at Walmart, much to Sloan’s disgust. There was no use having an expensive shirt if it was just going to get dirty and that’s exactly what happened when Conall was gardening.

It was weird, but it had taken him a good year before he found himself in the greenhouse to the right of Sloan’s massive backyard. At first, he’d only wanted to check it out and see what else Sloan had been hiding from him. Half of him had expected it to be full of weed, but he’d been pleasantly surprised to find orchids instead. The gardener had come in to tell him all about flowers, pointing them out and giving Conall names, before he went into the basics about them. Conall had found himself intrigued.

“The greenhouse is temperature-controlled to keep the orchids alive,” the gardener had said with a laugh as he swiped some sweat off his forehead. “That’s why it’s humid in here.”

“Why does Sloan have this?” It was the one thing that had Conall genuinely curious.

The gardener, an older man who couldn’t have been younger than seventy, smiled sadly. “His mother loved it in here. After Mr. Killough Senior died, she asked Mr. Killough Junior to build this greenhouse for her. She spent a lot of her time here until she got too sick.”

“How did she get sick?”

Sloan had never mentioned his mother much, and Conall felt like he knew nothing about her. But the gardener only shook his head and changed the topic. It was then that Conall learned some things weren’t meant to be spoken about.

Now, Conall came to the greenhouse whenever he could, finding an attachment to it that he’d never expected. The gardener had taught him how to take care of the flowers, and Conall made it his hobby. Terrance had cackled when Conall had told him about it.

“My brother, the orchid connoisseur.”

After that, he hadn’t mentioned it to his brother again.

He came here when he wanted time to think or unwind. Even with the humidity, it was a relaxing environment. Ronan stepped in with him and closed the glass door. He stayed one step behind Conall the entire time, until Conall saw Sloan walking across the massive green yard.

He smirked over his shoulder at Ronan. “I’d make yourself scarce if I were you.

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