A Little Harmless Rumor by Melissa Schroeder

Author:Melissa Schroeder [Schroeder, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939734334
Publisher: Harmless Publishing
Published: 2015-08-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Sean paced the kitchen, his office, and around the pool. He couldn’t seem to sit still. He wondered if this was what it was like for parents? Other than his mother, he had never had any close relatives, but now all he could think about was what could go wrong. Waiting on the plane to return was one of the most frightening experiences in his life.

“Would you quit milling around?” Jaime said.

He stopped and looked at her. From the way her eyes were narrowed, Sean could tell she was irritated. “What?”

“You’re driving me bloody mental. All this walking around, here and there, mumbling under your breath.”

He opened his mouth to respond, but he heard the beep from the intercom at the gate. He strode to the box.

“Yeah.”

“It’s me.”

No need for him to say it was Del. There was no way to mistake the growl from the intercom. He buzzed him in.

“Well, he’s rude,” Jaime said, walking up behind him and crossing her arms beneath her breasts.

Sean shrugged, happy that she was now irritated with someone else for a change. “That’s Del.”

The moment he heard the car roll to a stop out front, Sean bolted to the door. He opened it just as Emma jumped out of the car. She ran to him as he opened his arms. She came to him easily, as if they had known each other their entire lives. Of course, in the world, they only had each other. Two people who could have walked past each other on the street a year ago and not known they were related. Now, they couldn’t even think of breaking contact.

He pulled her back from him and looked at her. She had let her hair grow a bit in the last couple of months, and she had lost a few pounds. Of course, she was wearing her normal uniform for Hawaii. Board shorts and an old t-shirt. She had slippahs on.

“Uh, so, do you want to explain things?” Jaime said from behind him. There was a thread of jealousy in her tone. He kissed the top of Emma’s head, and they turned to face Randy and Jaime.

“Let’s get inside first.”

“Hey, Taylor, you want to help with your crap?”

She glanced over her shoulder at Del. “No.”

With that retort, she stepped past both Jaime and Randy into the house as if she owned it. Which, of course, she did; but no one else there probably suspected that. Randy and Jaime watched her walk away and turned back to him.

He smiled and just shook his head as he walked to the car. Del was a mess. With his nose swollen, Sean could guess just how bad it was when Del had first shown up. “Sorry about that. You must have picked up on Emma’s issues with understanding social cues.”

“Oh, so that’s why she gave me a concussion?”

“Now you’re like family—which means you deserve to know what is going on. Come on, you should hear the whole story because we need advice.”

“I think by the end of this, you’re going to owe me beyond anything you can afford.

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