Time Will Tell by Tressie Lockwood

Author:Tressie Lockwood [Lockwood, Tressie]
Language: eng
Format: epub

“Hey, Gray, what’s up?”

Grayson frowned into the phone. He waved at Roman just leaving his office and made sure he had shut the door before responding. “Hello, Letreece. I don’t usually hear from you. In fact, I’m surprised you have my number.”

She laughed as if he had made a joke. He had never truly liked her, feeling she could have been a better friend to Tonya. Somehow, the woman appeared to support Tonya with one breath and tear her down with the next. He had believed Tonya was intelligent enough and strong enough to notice the insincerity, so he never called Letreece on it or shared his thoughts with Tonya. After Tonya left, he had confronted Letreece, demanding to know where Tonya had gone, and for the first time he had seen, the woman had stood by her defense of Tonya as having the right to privacy. Later, being true to her character, though, she had let slip to Aunt Linn that Tonya had gone to live with a cousin in Houston. He didn’t know why he bothered to trace her, but knowing she had family had allowed him to let the matter rest. His position at that time included being there for Roman until he got over her. Not until Aunt Linn got sick and started asking for Tonya did he make a decision to find her.

“We’re friends, aren’t we?” Letreece asked, interrupting his train of thought. He didn’t bother answering the question, and she went on, a hair less enthusiastic. “I thought it was only right that I call you.”

He stiffened, his senses going on alert. Something told him he would not like her next words, and an image of Tonya rose in his mind’s eye. What information could she possibly have that would interest him? “Why is that?”

“I saw Tonya with Roman.”

Grayson’s stomach plummeted, and a bit of bile rose in his throat. He flared his nostrils and worked to even out his sudden rough breath. The crackling next to his ear said he held the phone too tight, and he loosened his grip. “Why are you telling me?”

Again, she released the irritating giggle, too young and silly for a woman of twenty-eight or twenty-nine. For that matter, the attitude did not match the conversation. Letreece came off as too happy about the news she shared, which pissed him off. “Well, Roman has a sweet son. What was his name? Um, Luke?”

Grayson gritted his teeth. “Lukas.”

“Anyway, he has a sweet son that deserves to have his family together. You know what I mean? Then here comes Tonya back to town trying to get into the middle of that. It’s not right, and I thought I should tell someone. I wasn’t sure if Roman was feeling weak or what. I heard he was having marital troubles.”

Two seconds, and Grayson would haul his phone across the room. He resisted the impulse and spoke with precise enunciation. Even as he did, he doubted Letreece recognized the thread his tolerance hung from.

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