Waiting for You by Melissa Kate

Author:Melissa Kate [Kate, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780996894340
Publisher: Fiery Seas Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-05-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Adam sat at a corner table at Skinny Pete’s, sipping on his beer as he listened to Oliver talking about the second Perelli bust on the beach and how he and Adam were going to be subpoenaed to testify in court. Adam hated that part of his new part time job. He hated red tape and politics. He just wanted to do the action and get the hell outta dodge. Such was the nature of the game.

The bar was exceptionally loud and crowded and thankfully his earlier headache had subsided or he’d be battling a hangover size migraine by now. That made him think of Audrey and her miracle cure. And that just made him think about Audrey.

He was surprised to have seen her at his door earlier, and trying to run away to boot. He was battle ready to butt heads with her again, this time really saying his peace, until he had seen the frame she had left him. The photo of him and his dad about a decade ago. The patriarch had been happy and virile, not like the shadow of a man he had died as. It was a picture of how his dad would have wanted Adam to remember him and the truth was, Adam hadn’t done that memory proud. His thoughts of his dad had usually centered on his ailing years. And they weren’t the photo taking type so there hadn’t really been any photos of them lying around the house, until Audrey had brought it to him.

Now, that small ray of happiness hung in his living room wall – the wall that until that afternoon had been bare. Adam felt his father’s happy presence in the house again and he owed that to Audrey’s thoughtfulness. A peace offering she had said.

It was time to bury the hatchet. They had both made mistakes as kids and had carried the emotions of those errors for far too long. They needed to move on. Be friends she had said.

Adam smirked. He had never had a female friend. This would be new.

Oliver sneezed beside him and brought Adam out of his own thoughts and back to the bar.

“Bless you,” he said automatically.

Before the words were out of his mouth, Oliver sneezed again. Adam opened his mouth to repeat the words on auto-pilot a second time when Oliver sneezed a further two times.

“Don’t expect another bless you after a sixth sneeze dude, get that shit under control.”

Oliver smiled as he recovered. “Sorry, it’s this damn change in weather, messes with my sinuses.”

“Oh that’s a pretty picture. Stop being a pansy and pull your shit together. Next thing you know you will be excusing yourself to powder your nose.”

“Fuck you.”

Adam grinned.

“Did you see who’s here?” Oliver prompted and Adam followed his gaze to the other end of the bar where Emma, Audrey and some other ladies stood around the pool tables. At least she hadn’t been lying about girls’ night.

Adam turned to see Oliver watching Emma. “When are you going to just ask her out?” he asked, tipping his head back to down his beer.

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