The Kate Nash Series (Boxed Set) by Susan Keene

Author:Susan Keene [Keene, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bent Willow Books
Published: 2020-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

R yan went into the other room to make a few business calls. Amy and I shared a glass of wine and talked. “I feel as if I always see you yet we never talk,” she said.

I raised my glass to her. “To you, and, me, and Nash Investigations. May we one day be able to do cases again.”

“Wouldn’t that be wonderful?” She set her glass down. “Kate, I need to talk to you about something.”

The look on her face alarmed me. “Oh my, you aren’t quitting are you?”

She ran her finger across the rim of her glass. “No, it’s Jake. He’s seeing someone in Springfield.”

I put my hand on hers. “I’m so sorry. Tell me about it.”

Tears streamed down her cheeks. She wiped them with the back of her hand. “He says he’s lonely. He’s only here a few days every month. I take off as much as I can when he’s here, but sometimes we’re in the middle of a case. I can’t go to Springfield at the drop of a hat because he wants to go to dinner with some of the other players and their wives.

“He loves Digger here, but there, it’s difficult. There are three of them in the house. They don’t watch him when they go in and out. Sometimes they don’t close the door at all. I’m a nervous wreck the entire time I’m there. Do I sound like it’s all about the dog? It isn’t, you know.”

“I know it isn’t about Digger, and Jake can take care of himself. The dog can’t. If you want to try to fix this, we’ll take Digger over here when you go to visit. Chili would love it.”

“That’s my other problem. Please don’t tell Ryan what I’m about to share with you.”

I put Chili on the floor, took Amy’s glass and got us some more wine.

She picked up Digger and came to the counter. We sat across from one another. “Ok, I hope this doesn’t sound horrible. Jake and I haven’t progressed in seven years. Our relationship is the same as it was. He’s thirty-seven. At that age, the chances of him going to the major league are slim to none.

“He might get traded among the Triple-A Clubs. Most of the players get jobs and give it up at thirty-two. Jake has no interest in anything but baseball. We can be in the middle of a conversation and something about baseball will come on the TV or radio and he completely forgets I’m there.”

She stopped, petted Digger, who walked across the counter to me and reached down to get Chili who jumped to try to get her to pick her up. “Do you want to fix this with Jake?”

“That’s what I’m getting too. Lately, I have been spending a lot of time with Nathan. He’s interested in everything. He gardens, cleans his own house, cooks, and can talk on any subject. I love it.”

“You love it or him?” I asked.

“That’s the difference between Jake and me.

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