The Omega Team: Hidden Asset (Kindle Worlds Novella) (MacKay Destiny Book 8) by Kate Richards

Author:Kate Richards [Richards, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

Gordon approached the small firehouse at the back of Chief MacKay’s property with tentative steps. He’d waited while Tina, the chief’s wife, motored away in a car filled with balloons and streamers and other party paraphernalia. The chief’s distinctive red truck sat in the driveway, next to the garage-sized version of the Cedar Valley Firehouse.

Gordon had been away from Jenna for too many hours, but if he called her, she’d want to know why he left and where he’d been, and he wanted to answer her questions in person. But, unless she’d acquired another vehicle, and he hadn’t noticed one, he’d also left her stranded.

Last night had been a miracle, holding his wife in his arms and making love to her, but he had no doubt his feisty mate had been stewing since she awoke, and every minute he stayed away added fuel to her fire. He’d known her too long to think she’d accept anything but the whole truth.

Before he could exit the SUV, the door at the top of the high steps opened and legendary Chief MacKay stepped out. Still tall and straight, if a bit thicker in the middle than twenty years ago when Gordon idolized him and wanted to be a firefighter. His great-uncle descended to stand next to the vehicle and waited for him to open the door and get out.

When he did, he met the level stare of the patriarch of the entire MacKay clan and one of the greatest men ever to live in Cedar Valley. He’d guided the fire department so long, when he threatened to retire “next year,” as he had every year for the last decade, no one believed it.

“Hello, sir.” Why did the sight of Mac turn him into a ten-year-old caught playing with matches?

“Nephew.” Mac eyed him up and down. “You look remarkably well for a dead man.”

He shrugged. “‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.’”

“Don’t quote Mark Twain to me, boy. I’m almost old enough to have known Samuel Clemens, and neither he nor I would have the imagination to understand why you’d leave that sweet wife of yours to weep over your grave when you’re clearly in perfect health.”

“I didn’t—”

“Not to mention the rest of us. Does your wife know you’re here? Your mother?”

Oh god, Mom. She’d never forgive him. “Jenna does. Nobody else, well, except Caroline.”

“The wedding planner?” The great man’s bushy reddish-gray eyebrows rose almost to his hairline. “Are you fooling around on your wife? You know I can’t tolerate a cheater.”

“Sir…no. If you don’t mind, can we go inside? I don’t want anyone else to see me yet, and I need to fill you in on some serious matters.”

“Does this include why you left, where you’ve been, and how you know Caroline?”

He nodded.

“Then what are you waiting for. Let’s go inside the firehouse. I have a pot of coffee on and some bear claws from Dessert du Jour. That Jamie has really picked up where Bethany left off. I hear he’s got some extraordinary wedding cakes planned for my granddaughters’ nuptials.

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