vicki lewis thompson - [hex 01] by hexed over

Author:hexed, over [hexed, over]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-04-14T02:19:31+00:00

Chapter 14

Sean smelled meat loaf. At first he thought it was his imagination, wishful thinking considering that he could be sitting down to one of Madeline’s meat loaf dinners right about now. But the scent stayed in the air to the point that he stopped working and turned around.

Seeing Maggie standing there holding a paper sack startled him so much he dropped his nail gun on his foot. Fortunately it didn’t go off and shoot a nail into his leg.

‘‘I’m sorry!’’ She rushed forward, bag and all. ‘‘Are you hurt? I should have called out.’’

Although he was wearing his work boots with the steel-tipped toes, his foot still smarted, but he wasn’t going to let her know. He picked up the nail gun. ‘‘I’m fine.’’ He liked the way she’d hurried over when she thought he’d been hurt, though.

An arm’s length away from him, she stopped. ‘‘That’s good.’’

Once the shock of seeing her had worn off, he realized why she might be here. She’d probably talked with the property’s owner and wanted to give him the bad news in person.

He took off his safety goggles and laid them on his work bench. ‘‘I’m assuming you’re here to tell me you had a successful afternoon.’’

‘‘Unfortunately, I didn’t.’’

Tension eased from his shoulders. ‘‘Why not?’’

‘‘The electricity kept acting up in Denise’s office, and besides that, Jeremy couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her computer. We’ll have to try again in the morning.’’

Good old Jeremy. Sean would have to call and thank him for doing him that favor after all. ‘‘I can’t say I’m sorry that you didn’t get the information.’’

‘‘I’m sure you’re not.’’ She shifted the bag in her arms. ‘‘But I didn’t come to talk about that. I brought Page 66

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