Craig, Christie - 03 - Divorced, Desperate and Deceived by Craig Christie

Author:Craig, Christie [Christie, Craig,]
Format: epub
Tags: Romance: Modern, Contemporary, General, Romance, Romantic suspense novels, Romance - General, Romance & Sagas, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction, Fiction - Romance
Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company, Incorporated
Published: 2010-02-23T05:36:50+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Luke watched Kathy walk inside the café. He searched the parking lot with his eyes again, checking one more time. Goodwill put his paws on the side of the car door, looked out and whined.

“You miss her already, don’t you? Me too.”

He picked up the puppy and attached the leash. The puppy looked up at him and then back out the window at the café, and whined as if he wanted out, to run after Kathy. Luke fought the same need, but he told himself she was fine.

“Separation anxiety,” he muttered.

The puppy barked again.

“Only a few hours with her, and you don’t want to let her out of your sight.” He sighed. “I know—she’s something, isn’t she?” he asked the dog. “She got to me just about that fast, too. But you’re lucky: she’s easier on dogs than men.”

Luke got out of the car and put the puppy down. “Nope,” he said, when the dog started sniffing at his shoe. He gave the leash a tug. “I figure we both probably need to go, but my shoes aren’t going to be involved this time. I work hard at not pissing on them, and I’d appreciate it if you’d do the same.”

The puppy looked up at him with those soulful eyes and barked.

“Okay,” Luke laughed. “Here’s the deal. You make her happy. I like seeing her happy. So I’m tolerating you. But no pissing on my shoes.”

The puppy hunched down on his paws and growled.

“Okay, you’re cute. I’ll give you that.” Luke knelt and gave the dog a good scrubbing behind the ears, then stared at the café again. “You’re one lucky son of a bitch. You see, you’re going to get to go home with her. Me? Well…I’m not sure she’s so willing.” He smiled at the dog. “You’ll like the kid. I do.”

A Ford Taurus passed the café and slowed. Luke made sure it didn’t pull in, made sure it didn’t hold any of Lorenzo’s men. When the car continued past, he relaxed. He stood and walked the dog to the edge of the lot where a tree would hide all the business being done.

“How about we make a pact,” he told the dog. “My job is to get Miss Callahan back to her son safe and sound. No matter what the cost. If there’s trouble, I’m getting between it and her. This means your job is to stay out of trouble’s way. Because I’m not going to worry about your canine ass if trouble arrives—you got that?” He watched the dog raise its leg. “Oh, and you keep making her smile, too. I really like seeing that.”

Goodwill barked, and Luke nodded. “Glad you see things my way.”

Kathy had stood in the tiny, closed-off entryway of the café for a minute, collecting her courage to move inside. The moment the café door swished closed, darkness surrounded her. She blinked, giving her eyes time to adjust. Her pulse throbbed in her neck as she stood in the entrance, waiting

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