Passion, Vows & Babies: Rainy Days (Kindle Worlds Novella) by C.M. Steele

Author:C.M. Steele [Steele, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-01-28T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Ian

The past four months had been hell. My father’s recovery had been scary for all of us. He’d been in and out of therapy. They said he’d been overworked and needed to take it easy. He’d been the head of the company since he’d opened it almost thirty years ago. Nick and I took the lead now, but my mother wanted us to slow down even more and let others take over parts so our schedules weren’t bogged down.

Unfortunately, neither of us could stop working hard. One reason was that I needed to forget about the lack of progress on the search. Apparently, they had a big case that took up their time. Since this was something I only trusted to Jax, I didn’t want anyone but him and Harvey on it.

Right now, I was meeting them about a stupid thief who refused to acknowledge our cease and desist letters. The bastard had been plagiarizing one of our author’s books and reproducing them as their own with just the names of the characters changed. No one was that foolish. Usually, once we spotted an attempt to rob us, that did the trick, but this guy didn’t stop.

“Ian, it’s good to see you. How’s your father?”

“He’s almost back to normal. My mom is refusing to let him lift a finger.”

“I bet he’s losing his mind,” Jax said with a chuckle.

I nodded. “He sure is. He wants to get back to work.”

“Maybe only part-time though,” he suggested. Jax worked harder than most and took great pride in it, so he understood where my dad was coming from.

“We talked about it and it’s a possibility.” My mom was the ultimate decision maker on that one. I wasn’t going to get between them. She’d ruled the roost since they met. He tried to get Nick and me to back him, but we knew better.

“Come on, let’s get this over with,” he muttered. I could tell there was something different about his tone, but I shook it off until he opened the door.

My eyes popped wide open. This fucker lied to me. I leaned over and whispered, “Wait, I thought you said this meeting was about the book thief.”

“It is. This is the alleged Charlie Cross.”

“Okay, well this solves both my problems at once. If you could leave us alone there’s a lot I’d like to discuss with Ms. Cross.”

“Behave.” He walked out of the room followed by Mrs. Harvey.

“That I cannot guarantee,” I whispered, staring right at the woman who ran away from me. I patiently and calmly sat down in the seat directly across from her.

“Ms. Cross,” I greeted.

“Ian,” she murmured. It was too much for me to handle, but I had to stick with the plan. I had a million questions.

“Did you seek me out?” I asked.

“Seek you out? I didn’t come looking for you at all. I didn’t even know where you worked. I don’t even understand what this is all about. I didn’t steal anything from you. In fact, I need to go.

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