Total pages in book: 82
Estimated words: 93284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 466(@200wpm)___ 373(@250wpm)___ 311(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 93284 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 466(@200wpm)___ 373(@250wpm)___ 311(@300wpm)
I don’t know if you have ever experienced skinning fish before, but let me tell you, it is gross. They break some little bones on each side of their heads, skin them, and then twist their heads off. All while they are alive and making croaking noises. Needless to say, we only watched the first one being done, and then busied ourselves inside the marina looking at all the pictures of the records of the lake.
We arrived home around seven. Blaine and I hugged goodbye, I unlocked the door to the house and undressed on my way to the bedroom while Sam unloaded the truck and stashed the fish. I took a quick shower, came out, and then decided I would get dressed as soon as I lay down for a minute. I didn’t wake up until around four A.M. wrapped around Sam. I smiled, and then fell back into dreamland. This was heaven.
Chapter 16
“Are you ready to go visit your grandma, Kayla?” I said to the little girl that was drawing with chalk outside on the patio in front of the house.
“Mmmm-hmmm.” She said, but continued to draw.
“Go!” Janie said.
She was sitting on the other side of me with chalk as well. I rolled my eyes. These girls liked going anywhere. I rounded them up and stuck them in car seats in Sam’s Suburban. I had to move to Sam’s vehicle because I didn’t have a middle belt in my truck, and a lot of the times I had both girls with me. Weeks had passed since my dart gun/water fight with Sam. A lot had happened.
Kayla visited quite a bit. Anne Nash worked at a local law firm as a receptionist. I picked her up if I happened to be picking Janie up that day.
Kayla and I visited quite a lot when I wasn’t working. Janie also tagged along since James started working with Sam.
James was released on medical disability from the military, and the rest of his deployment was discarded. He started working just last week, his gunshot wound finally healing enough to be released for light duty.
Sam informed me the night of the water fight of his suspicions with Malcolm. Unfortunately they haven’t been able to get a lock down on his location, and continued every day to try to find him. Sam said it was almost like he had disappeared. Just erased his self from the earth. The bad part was that if anyone could do it, Malcolm could with his connections and money. Malcolm came from an elite family in Washington, and his whole existence made him feel entitled.
I got the girls dressed, and sat them in front of the Wiggles on TV to watch while I got myself dressed. Today I was having a second fitting for my wedding dress so I put on my strapless bra, then decided to go ahead and put on a tube top, since I was already in the god awful contraption that wouldn’t show bra straps. I slipped on Jeans and flip flops, then texted Jack, who was in charge of babysitting today.
I headed out to the truck with the girls and got them both strapped into the suburban when Jack rolled up on his big scary Harley. Jack wore the same exact thing every time I saw him: Worn denim jeans, white t-shirt, black motorcycle boots, red bandana, and black on black Oakley sunglasses. He also had a crazy looking knife that he wore under his shirt that ran along his spine. If I didn’t know him like I knew him, I would take one look at him, turn and walk the other way. He didn’t speak much, but he did make sure I was protected, and I would like him forever just for that very reason. He didn’t have to do what he did, but he did it for Sam.
“Hiya, Jack!” I said to him.” Riding with us, or are you go on the death cycle?”
His answer was to mount the bike and start it up. Okay. Guess that answered that!
I nodded, and climbed up into the Suburban. Sam’s Suburban was awesome; it was black with black trim. He had thirty five inch tires with black rims that had stars as the lug nuts. There was a large bronze star in the middle of the wheel that set off some of the black. There also was no step up on it, which I loved. I had to hike my foot a good four feet up to the door frame, grab the OS handle, and pull myself into the truck. Sam hadn’t needed the step ups, and had once said he would put some on for me, but I refused.
“Trucks look better without them, I can get up by myself, don’t worry about it.”
He reluctantly agreed, and let me have my way.
I waved at Sam and blew him a kiss as I passed by him on the way out of the driveway. He waved back but didn’t interrupt his conversation with the customer that he was speaking with.
I drove the short distance to the Anne’s office and parked in the parking space that had two open, so jack could park next to us. I hopped down and got Kayla out of her car seat while Jack got Janie. We all headed inside hand in hand, Jack holding back a bit surveying the lay of the land.
“Hello, Mrs. Patty!” I said to the lady who worked the front desk. “How are you today?”
Mrs. Patty got a sad look on her face and smiled sadly.
“Not so well darlin’” she said. “It’s been a rough day. We had a death in the office.”
“’I’m sorry to hear that. If there is anything I can do, let me know please.” I said quietly to her and patted her hand.
She nodded and motioned us through. We visited with Anne for about forty five minutes before she had to get back to work. Jack helped me round the girls up after a round of kisses, and we loaded them up and headed to the dress shop.