Changing Her Plans (Santa Fe Bobcats) by Jeanette Murray

Author:Jeanette Murray [Murray, Jeanette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780997654912
Published: 2017-03-13T18:30:00+00:00

Kristen knocked softly on the door to the Bobcats’ head coach office. “Coach Jordan?”

He held up a finger, indicating to give him a moment, flipped a page in his binder, then glanced up with a polite smile. “What can I do for you, Kristen?”

She looked around the hallway, then decided not to risk it. She stepped in and closed the office door behind her, shutting out even Frank’s frantic typing. “Coach Barnes received some news a few minutes ago. His sister was killed in a car accident.”

Coach Jordan laid his palms flat on the table and stood. “Damn,” he muttered. “Is he still here?”

“He is,” Kristen said slowly, then shook her head when it looked as if the coach was going to walk out. “No, sir, he’s not in a great place right now. I think he would be… He’s not in a good place. He would rather be alone, I think. I came to tell you he’s going to be taking today—probably the rest of the week—off.”

The head coach nodded, sitting down in his chair again with a heavy thud. As if he’d lost the steam to hold himself up. “That’s all the family he had. Parents are gone. I know he said that.”

“He has a nephew. In fact, that’s the other thing I needed to ask you about. Do you…” Gather courage, girl. Clay needs you. “Do you know any lawyers familiar with custody and adoption? She only lived on the other side of the city, so there’s no state line crossing to worry about, but—”

“Did he send you in here to ask that?” Coach Jordan’s dark brows rose in surprise.

“No, but he’s also not really in a place to be thinking about these things. His nephew is barely a year old,” she added with some urgency. “He’s at the day care for now, but I’m sure Clay wants to pick him up before the end of the day. He’ll need someone who can work the channels and get that approved, even temporarily, now.”

“I know a guy. I looked into it when Cassie first came into my life.” Coach Jordan huffed out a laugh. “Even though she was way past the whole adoption and custody stage. I just…CYA and all that.”

“Of course,” Kristen murmured, not quite comfortable with hearing this private tidbit of one of the men she worked for. “I’ll begin making calls for him. Oh, and I wanted to let you know I would be taking the rest of the week off as well.”

Now Coach Jordan’s surprise cranked up a notch. He rested back in his chair, observing her with dark eyes. “For?”

“He needs help,” she said simply, praying that was enough.

“It’s not part of your job description. In fact, I think this is way outside of it.”

“I realize that. Bobcat family sticks together though, right?”

At that, Coach Jordan’s shoulders relaxed a bit. “If you’re sure. I’ll text you the number in a minute after I find it.”

“Thank you, sir.” Kristen walked to the door but paused when the coach said her name.

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