Zoe & Dylan: The Sons of Dusty Walker by Redford Jodi

Author:Redford, Jodi [Redford, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-11-27T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

The mall in Kansas City was packed as he’d ever seen a place. Crazy, considering it was a Monday. When he offered that observation to Luke, the man shrugged. “We’re gittin’ close to the holidays. Just wait. This place will be an even worse madhouse in another week or two.”

Dylan grimaced. “No wonder Zoe prefers to do all her shopping online.”

With minimal effort, Hunter managed to sniff out the toy store like a bloodhound fresh on the scent of remote-controlled four wheelers and action figures with accompanying gadgets sold separately. They spent a good hour in the shop—though it felt closer to a lifetime—before Hunter finally settled on a new Ninja Turtle. It was a damn good thing Dylan tagged along on the trip, otherwise Luke woulda bought out the store.

They journeyed back out into the main section of the mall and were momentarily waylaid by several fans wanting autographs. Par for the course. Even with him and Luke going low-key, their faces were too recognizable to go unnoticed.

After a few minutes of him scribbling his name across everything from cellphone covers to notepads, he realized that Hunter was no longer gripping his jeans. He jerked his head up, fear a cold thin blade piercing his gut when he didn’t spot his son anywhere. Heart hammering, he shoved away from the crowd and rushed toward the center court in a blind panic. Blood whooshed in his ears.

How the hell could he let this happen? If anything happened to Hunter—

A familiar Scooby-Doo jacket popped into his vision and his knees nearly buckled beneath him as a tide of relief crashed into him. Quickening his pace, he dashed toward his son. A blonde woman was crouched next to Hunter, smiling at his animated chatter as he pointed at the Nikon strapped around her neck.

Dylan skidded to a halt beside them. “Little Man, don’t ever scare me that way again.”

Hunter peered up at him, his bottom lip trembling. Much as it pained him to see his boy on the verge of tears for being yelled at, Hunter needed to know that he was in big trouble.

“Iz I gonna get a spankin’?”

“If you ever run off like that again, yes. You don’t want that, right?”

The boy gave his head a furious shake. Bending, Dylan scooped him into his arms. He turned toward the woman. “Thank you for keeping him occupied.”

“No problem.” She volleyed her stare from him to Hunter and back again to him. Bemusement tipped her mouth. “So this is kinda crazy.”

He was well used to getting a similar response from fans who ran into him at a public place. He dug in his pocket one-handed. “Shoot. I musta dropped my pen. If you’ve got one handy I can sign whatever you’d like me to. It’s the least I owe ya.”

“You don’t know who I am.” She offered up a rueful grin. “But why would you, right? Duh.” She held out her hand. “I’m Faith Walker.”

He blinked at the last name. “Woah. Are we related?” Oh Jesus.

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