Texas Heat (Lone Star Intrigue #1) by Debra White Smith

Author:Debra White Smith [Smith, Debra White]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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"Yeah." Jack shook his head. "And to tell you the truth, there have been a few times when I wished I did have some say in it."

"I understand," Charli said as Mary Ann's Escalade rolled up his driveway.

"Good." Jack returned Mary Ann's wave and noticed she had the boys with her. She parked her vehicle and slid out while wearing a smile that could knock the horns off a bull.

He returned the smile and hoped it didn't look stiff from this distance. As she strolled toward him and the boys raced to the porch steps, he wondered if Charli would mind that he'd been on a date.

Somehow, he didn't think she'd give one flip. The only reason he was in her life was for pure necessity and nothing else.

Once the need is gone, so am I, he reminded himself and moved toward the steps.

"Are you still there?" Charli asked.

"Uh, yeah," Jack replied. "Someone just drove up to my house, and it distracted me."

"Well, I should go, then," Charli said. "Thanks for the info about Lavine."

"Any time," Jack replied.

A long pause followed. "Like I said, I just got home from Brookshire's. I bought a few things for dinner tonight. I need to get Bonnie fed."

"Of course," he stated and avoided looking Mary Ann in the eyes. Jack was beginning to feel like a two-faced womanizer, and the image rubbed him wrong. But he hadn't asked his former girlfriend to call him or his date from the evening to drive back over. He was caught in a trap on this one. Nevertheless, he didn't like the sensation that went with the trap.

"I guess I'll hear from Sonny soon, then?"

"Yes, you should. Probably tomorrow," he replied as the noisy boys charged the steps and crashed into him.

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"Whoa!" Jack said while grabbing the porch railing. Sam added his gleeful barking to the den and then romped off the porch like a six-month old pup.

"Boys! Boys!" Mary Ann cried. "Stop it now! Jack, I'm so sorry!"

She scrambled for her sons as Jack fought to keep his balance.

"Sounds like it's getting crazy there," Charli commented.

"Yeah." Jack laughed out loud.

Mary Ann grabbed both her sons by the arms and plunked them onto the porch swing. It danced wildly while Brett and Brad protested their mother's discipline.

"Thanks for everything," she added.

"Sure," Jack said and bid farewell.

He closed the phone, put it in his shirt pocket, crossed his arms, and watched Mary Ann shake her finger at her sons while verbally chastising them. This time, Jack repented of his thinking she should be harder on the little guys. Apparently, he'd just seen her in a soft moment earlier because this Mary Ann was a cross between Hitler and an army sergeant.

"And I want you to apologize to Mr. Jack," she ended.

The boys, now sitting still on the swing, both looked up at Jack like two juvenile delinquents. The older boy, Brett, had hair as red as Mary Ann's. His bangs hung just above his eyes. That, coupled with his freckles, made him look like he was up to all sorts of private mischief.

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