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Talk? I can’t talk to hi remotely close to the truth He releases lance at mine to discover a local number and quickly answer only to miss the call that had to be about a job I wait for thekiddinghiht there" He ends the call, pocketing his phone "Stay here My father is trying to pay us a visit"
"Oh my God Why would he do that?"
"Because he’s my father" His hands coet rid of hi it to be the truth, but knowing it can’t be
He steps around me and the voicefor the sound of the door shutting The minute it does, I punch the button and listen to the call, letting out a sigh of relief At least one ofthe idea that Shane is officially another probleain I know his father showing up downstairs is ets back, but I don’t want to be gone I dig the second phone out of my purse, and punch in the only nu the elevator floors tick by, I aet away and I’ames The doors open, and I step into the hotel lobby to find ainst the wall, his arms crossed in front of his black pinstriped suit, his red power tie in place and his white shirt starched, which canHe has a rooe of clothes And damn it, I a other things, I still notice how thin he is, probably one eighty when he’d been two hundred pounds when I’d arrived last year
I stop in front of hi, son," he says, not the least bit irritated that I wouldn’t allow him upstairs to an apartment he owns But then, ould he? He dictated e is loud and clear, Father"
"Do tell, son," he says, a slight rasp to his voice I’ve never noticed before now "What exactly is e?"
"You’ll do what the hell you want and approval is the last thing you give a dao back to New York again?" he asks, not denying or confir stare "I backed you in a corner over Derek and the pharmaceutical branch and you didn’t like it"
He pushes off the wall and stands toe-to-toe with et Control your brother or go back to New York because soone" He starts to turn and stops "You’re wearing your weak spot like a badge of honor"
He starts walking and I follow his progress, watching as he rounds the corner and for a ht ball foretting bigger I turn and jab the elevator button, the doors opening instantly Stepping into the empty car, I hit the code to return to my floor, and I’ inone of his head gathat woht throw his way
Facing the wall, I press lad I have a few rapple with the razor blade of eh me I hate him and I love hiuilt-free in the past, but death, fucking cancer, changes everything I dig through my mind for a source ofto And yet, I’hted glove
The elevator dings and I shove off the wall, stepping out into the hallway, a uilt More fucking anger I’m at my door and I barely remember the walk The very idea of the woman inside, her smell, her taste, and the way she feels ininside me I enter my apartment--no, my father’s apart E Her coffee is there though, and I reach for it, finding it untouched
Scanning the kitchen and lower level, there is no sign of her presence A bad feeling rolls throughtheruling out the idea she , I look to the steps, but there is silence encasingafter her I head for the door, exiting into the hallway, and I don’t stop until I’ the button for the lobby level Perfectly still, I stand there, staring ahead, shoving that beast born of my emotions into a ht now, I have one agenda Emily, who beyond reason, is i her Maybe it’s the hope and optimism in her eyes and her words that defies whatever she thinks has beaten her but I know has not Whatever it is she does to le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">