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Possible scenarios of h Lacey’s hborhood of the address she had for Jerees—Levi’s father

Six hospital visits, followed by a call of suspected abuse A ho to happen Immediately

And would have whether she’d had a fao home to or not

THANKING THE FATES that had seen to it to deliver such a great kid to hi Levi all the tihetti rolling While tear streaks still showed in the touy’s cheeks, you’d never know that they’d just coh a major crisis

Chances were it wouldn’t coenerally revisit a storht One that would serve him well into adulthood

So would his lack of vanity where his looks were concerned Jearten He himself hadn’t started to care about his appearance until at least junior high, but kids grew up a lot quicker these days

The peal of their doorbell stopped hihts Not pleasantly Dread hit the pit of his sto unexpected happened Would the sensation never dissipate? Fade away like Levi’sof his T-ball season?

“Stay put, buddy,” he said with a serious look at his son

“Okay” The little boy’s ansas one Jem trusted implicitly Levi had his less than stellar moments, but Jem had learned to discern when he could count on the boy to do as he was told Which, thankfully, so far was most of the time

If it was Tressa at the door—and who else would it be at dinnerti Or pissed at someone Neither of which were moods their son needed to see She’d want Jem to take care of whatever or whoever it was And if he could, he would Tressa, for all her ardness, was a good mother And she adored her son

Pulling open the door hat he hoped was an expression that would calm down his drama-ridden ex-wife, he was shocked to see a slender blonde standing on his front porch Obviously she had the wrong house, buthe suddenly didn’t mind She was a looker More than a looker That body Those drab pants and shapeless jacket were hopefully hiding soerie

“Mr Bridges?”

He blinked What the hell?

Had he just been fantasizing about a stranger on his porch? In broad daylight? With his son just feet behind him?

Clearly tiet a littlein an appropriate place at an appropriate time As soon as possible