Hard Break (Deadlines & Diamonds, #5) by Morgan Kearns

Author:Morgan Kearns [Kearns, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2013-11-06T18:30:00+00:00

“Yes. Uh-huh. I understand.” Although Kayla didn’t understand at all. “I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

“The sooner the better, Mrs. Black.”

“Understood.” She disconnected the call, wondering what the hell had just happened. Chase, Mr. Easy-goin’, was currently sitting in the daycare’s office for fighting.

Chase didn’t fight. He stomped and snorted, but he didn’t fight.

Regardless of the what-the-heck, he wasn’t allowed at the after-school program for a week. She wanted to cry. Up until this moment, she’d thought life was getting back to normal. They’d fallen into a pattern, a groove, and bam! Wrench.

Dr. Monroe sauntered into the room. “Kayla, what’s wrong?”

She blinked up at him. “I need to take off. My son—”

She stopped talking when he frowned.

“Go on. Handle things and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“That’s the thing.” She bit the inside of her cheek, trying not to break down. “It might be a couple days. Maybe even a week.”

“I expected this might happen.”

She couldn’t tell if that expectation counted for or against her.

“I know you’re in a tough position—” Against. Definitely against. “—but you’re needed here, Kayla. Take care of your son. Of course, they need to be your priority.” He lifted his glasses and rubbed at his eyes. “Keep me posted.”

Heavy hearted, she looked down at the files on the corner of her desk, the same files she’d been trudging through when her cell rang. She gathered them up, shoved them into her bag and raced out the door.

The drive to the daycare became the longest twenty minutes of her life. Her thoughts tumbled, stumbling over her son fighting. She wanted to make sure he understood using his fists was never the answer. And yet…

She certainly needed all the facts before she came unglued. She’d already flipped out more times than made her sane. Leon surely was looking down, shaking his head.

The thought stopped her in her tracks. She’d never considered where Leon ended up. The inner part of him that made him Leon. His body, she knew where his body was. Hell, exactly nine months ago she’d watched as they lowered the casket into the cold, dark ground and had even thrown in a handful of dirt. At least she’d had the presence of mind to send the children to the car when the guys put the backhoe to use.

But, even after all this time, she hadn’t really considered where his ghost? spirit? essence?—What the hell was she supposed to call it?—ended up. Or if he ended up anywhere besides the cemetery.

Boy, that was a depressing thought.

Yeah, she couldn’t go there. She had to believe he went somewhere.

God, Satan. Heaven, Hell. Good, Evil.

She had to believe he went somewhere good. Because that’s what Leon was. Good.

She looked up at the big, white, puffy clouds and sighed. “Wish me luck, Leon. I’m gonna need it.”

A soft breeze blew across her cheek, lifting her hair. Coincidence? Probably. But Kayla would take it.

She slammed the door to her SUV, sighing against the late summer heat, punched the lock button on her keyfob and headed in to advocate for her son.

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