Rock House Grill by D. V. Stone

Author:D. V. Stone [Stone, D. V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance Detective/Police Damaged Hero Hospital Medical Restaurateur Television Foodie Food divorce Working Class Heroine
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2020-01-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Shortly after pulling out of the Grill, Shay noticed headlights following her. She glanced again in the rearview mirror. At a stop sign, the overhead lights lit the intersection enough that she could identify the truck. Nick’s.

In the driveway to her cottage, she turned off the engine and waited, not sure what to do. He wouldn’t hurt her. Nick was a lot of things but never physically abusive.

He stood awkwardly, hands plunged deep into his pockets, waiting for her.

With a sigh, Shay got out of the car but kept it between them. “I knew that was your truck following me. What do you want, Nick?”

“Can we talk?” He ex-husband leaned back against the hood of the pickup and appeared non-threatening.

“It’s late. I’m tired, and it’s been a tough day. I don’t want to talk. We have nothing to say to each other.”

“Are you all right? You don’t look well.”

“I told you I’m tired.” She headed up the short walkway to the house then unlocked the door.

Nick followed her, but he stopped halfway up the path. “Please stop. I left Brenda and took an apartment not far from here.”

Shay slumped and stared at the ground. “I’m not taking you back.”

“I know, I know. Can’t we just talk?” Nick walked to the bottom of the stairs. Dark shadows filled the hollows under his eyes.

He’d lost weight.

“I miss talking to you. You have a way of seeing around the bull. Please, I don’t have anyone else to go to.”

Shay gnawed her lip. He knew her weaknesses and counted on her never being able to turn away someone in need.

“No funny business, I promise.”

He sounded earnest. “Tsk. You can come in for a minute. Talk and no funny business. Got it?”

Nick began to follow her in, but noise and movement from a couple of doors down made them both glance over.

“What is it?” Shay leaned to look around the corner of the house.

Nick walked over to the area near the corner of the lot, peered into the dark beyond the light for a few moments, then returned. “It might have been a stray cat. I didn’t see anything.”

Shay peered out one last time as Nick brushed past her into the house. She shrugged, not seeing anything either, and closed the door. Hopefully, there were no stray cats. The bird feeder in the yard would attract their attention.

Nick followed her to the kitchen.

She flipped on the light over the white bistro table while he sat.

“This isn’t like our old house.” He scanned the room. “Ours was like a cabin. This is more like a beach cottage.”

It’s my taste.” Whirring noise filled the room as she ground the coffee. A push of the button and a nutty aroma quickly filled the air. “The cabin was about you. I didn’t think it worth the arguments.”

Nick pinched the area between his eyes. “I didn’t treat you very well.”

“Talk.” She wanted this over with.

“I’m sorry.” He fidgeted in his seat. “I messed up both our lives. I never meant to hurt you.

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