Dane by Hart Liliana

Author:Hart, Liliana [Hart, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Bodysways Publishing
Published: 2011-07-09T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“So I guess you’ve already seen Charlie,” Cooper said as Dane slid into the front seat of the police cruiser.

Coop gave him a slow head to toe perusal, taking in his tousled hair and satisfied expression, and Dane felt heat rush to his cheeks. Coop raised a sardonic brow and waited for him to answer.

“In a matter of speaking,” he said, for lack of anything better. “Were you guys going to tell me she’d moved back to town, or were you going to keep it to yourselves?”

Cooper was his older brother by only fourteen months, but their appearances were anything but similar. Coop’s hair was black as midnight and his eyes were more gray than blue. A good bit of stubble covered his face and his long legs were cramped in the cruiser. It had always annoyed Dane that his older brother was a good two inches taller than his own six feet.

“Would it have made a difference?” Coop asked. “She was here ten years ago and you still left. I thought you were over her.”

“It’s complicated,” Dane muttered.

“I called Thomas and Riley on my way here. What do you say we grab a beer and welcome you back properly?”

“If you can find a place that’s open, I’m all for it.”

Coop chuckled. “You’ll have to get used to the slow life again, city boy. Duffey’s stays open until eleven now. I thought the city council was going to go into cardiac arrest when he petitioned to serve alcohol that late.”

They drove the short distance to the very end of the street where Duffey’s Bar and Grill sat, isolated from the rest of the connected buildings in a squat log cabin. The lights were bright and the bass from the stereo thumped through the walls. A whoop caught Dane’s attention, and he turned in time to avoid a full on tackle from his youngest brother.

“Son of a bitch. To what do we owe the pleasure?” Thomas asked, slinging his arm around his neck and squeezing in a good natured embrace. Thomas was two years younger than Dane and shared similar looks with Cooper. The only difference was his eyes were dark brown instead of gray. Thomas had spent the last decade in medical school and had taken over the position of Surrender’s town doctor after the last one had retired.

“I was in the neighborhood and thought you might like to see my pretty face,” Dane said. “It’s got to be depressing for the three of you ugly women to sit around and stare at each other all day.”

He deflected the elbow to the ribs from Cooper and twisted out of Thomas’s choke hold. Riley stood off at a distance, a smile plastered on his face and his hands in the pockets of a pair of warn chinos. His dark blonde hair was cut short and a light stubble shadowed his face. His eyes were a darker shade of Dane’s.

Riley was a doctor as well, only the PhD kind instead of medical.

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