Trusting Tomorrow by PJ Trebelhorn

Author:PJ Trebelhorn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781602829305
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2013-08-11T03:00:00+00:00

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“Hey, sis,” Jack said when he walked into her office and had a seat. He picked up the photo she had on her desk and looked at the image of their parents. It had been taken on the Alaskan cruise they’d gone on to celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary, which was less than a year before her mother had died. “I always loved this picture of them.”

“They were so happy, weren’t they?” Logan pushed the paperwork she’d been working on aside and stood to grab a soda from the small fridge she kept in the corner. She offered one to Jack, but he declined. “What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be working?”

“Ernie’s got a viewing tomorrow morning. He let me go early today so I could help with it.” He leaned forward and placed the photo back where he’d found it. “I thought maybe we could go to Erie and grab some dinner if you don’t have other plans.”

“Sounds great. Let me call Billy in here to let him know I’m leaving.” Logan picked up the phone and dialed the number for the embalming room. She looked at Jack as it rang. “Have you seen Billy since you’ve been back?”

“Other than Dad’s funeral where we didn’t even say hello to each other? No. I’ve been meaning to stop by here and shoot the shit with him, but I just haven’t gotten around to it.”

“Hey, Boss,” Billy said. “What’s up?”

“Come to my office please. I need to discuss something with you.”

“On my way.”

He’d explained to her earlier in the day how it hadn’t been his idea to use her bed the night before, but she hadn’t cared. There was no television in the guest room, and the king-size bed in the master bedroom was much more comfortable than the queen. She assured him she probably would have done the same thing if she’d been in his shoes. She also made it clear to him—again—that he would never be using her apartment for a tryst. When it came right down to it, if she couldn’t trust him to follow one condition, how could she trust him with her home? It was only a few minutes before he walked into her office.

“Jack, how the hell are you?” he asked, a big grin on his face when he walked in. Jack stood and hugged his old friend. The contrast in size wasn’t nearly what it was between Jack and Billy’s father, Ray. “It’s good to see you again.”

“You too, Bill,” Jack said with a grin of his own. “How’ve you been?”

“Not bad.”

“Married yet?”

“No.” Billy glanced at Logan, who simply shrugged. “You?”

“Soon, I hope. We’ll have to get together when Cynthia’s in town so you can meet her.”

“All right, enough reminiscing,” Logan said as she grabbed her jacket and put it on. “Billy, I’m going out to eat with my brother. You can handle things here, right?”

“Sure.”

“Just call me if you need me.”

“Logan, can I talk to you for a minute?” Billy asked before she walked out the door.

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