take care of it.”
“Are you okay?” His concern came over the line loud and clear. It was enough to make her want to smile again.
“Just tired.”
“Do you want me to send the plane for you? I can’t take off just now or else I’d come there and get you myself.”
Send the plane. This time the smile did appear. “As much as I’d love to run away with you, I can’t. I have to work this weekend.”
“How about the weekend of the seventeenth?”
“Is that when you’ll be free again?” The very idea of not seeing him until next month was painful.
“Lord, no. We’ll see each other before then. There’s a ball that Saturday that I would like you to accompany me to.”
“A ball?” Was he serious?
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“Yes, costume. It’s cheesy I know, but it’s for a good cause.”
“Will I see you?”
“Yes.”
“Then that’s all the cause I need.”
Parker’s voice lowered to a seductive pitch. “Would it be forward of me to tell you I’ve missed the hell out of you?”
“It wouldn’t be forward enough.”
“This long distance thing is for the birds. I want to see you.”
His words warmed her heart. Sinking to the floor, Cyn rested her back against the cupboard and stretched her legs out in front of herself. “I want to see you too.”
“It’s turning into a need. I’m not sure how I feel about that.”
He wasn’t the only one. “Let me know when you do.”
“I will. Take down my number again. This time I’m going to give you my house, my cell and my private line. And don’t put them on the same paper. I don’t want to take the chance you can’t reach me.”
“Needy much?”
“Where you’re concerned? Hell, yes.”
Grinning, she stood and pulled out a pen from the junk drawer. She wrote his numbers, making sure she copied each number on more than one paper. What had once seemed like merely a run of bad luck regarding the cell and business card, now seemed a bit more sinister.
“When is your next day off?” he asked, once she was finished jotting down his information.
Day off. What was that? “I have Thursday off, but I have a million errands to run.
I’m also in the process of hiring new people.” Or she would be once she finally convinced her father to let the demonic duo go. “So I’ll be swamped at the store until the training is over. But no matter what, I’ll make sure to get that Saturday off.”
“Swamped, huh?”
He sounded like a lost little boy. “Unfortunately. What about the week after next?”
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“Let me see what I can arrange on my end. I’m not willing to let this fade away.”
His words brought a smile to her lips. “Neither am I.”
“Good. I have to go. Call me tonight.”
“I will.”
“Bye, love.”
Love? “Bye.”
As soon as she hung up, her smile slid away.
She ripped the paper off the notepad and stuffed it into her pants pocket before storming into the living room, hell bent on vengeance. It was bad enough she was forced to share her home, her job and her father with Drew and Staci. She could even live with the fact they borrowed her clothes and never returned them, but she be damned if she was going to let them ruin the one ray of sunlight in her otherwise drab existence.
The evil duo was where she’d expected them to be, sitting on their asses watching her television. Irritated, Cyn walked over to the entertainment center and turned it off When Drew raised the remote to turn it back on, she bent over and pulled the plug from the wall.
“What the hell is your problem?” Drew bellowed.
“You and your sidekick.” Cyn crossed her arms over her breasts. “Which one of you bitches has been keeping my messages from me?”
The twin sisters shared a guilty look, letting Cyn know it wasn’t a one-man act.
Drew was the first to meet her eyes but instead of appearing the slightest bit guilty, she looked pleased. “All of this over a
“Are you okay?” His concern came over the line loud and clear. It was enough to make her want to smile again.
“Just tired.”
“Do you want me to send the plane for you? I can’t take off just now or else I’d come there and get you myself.”
Send the plane. This time the smile did appear. “As much as I’d love to run away with you, I can’t. I have to work this weekend.”
“How about the weekend of the seventeenth?”
“Is that when you’ll be free again?” The very idea of not seeing him until next month was painful.
“Lord, no. We’ll see each other before then. There’s a ball that Saturday that I would like you to accompany me to.”
“A ball?” Was he serious?
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“Yes, costume. It’s cheesy I know, but it’s for a good cause.”
“Will I see you?”
“Yes.”
“Then that’s all the cause I need.”
Parker’s voice lowered to a seductive pitch. “Would it be forward of me to tell you I’ve missed the hell out of you?”
“It wouldn’t be forward enough.”
“This long distance thing is for the birds. I want to see you.”
His words warmed her heart. Sinking to the floor, Cyn rested her back against the cupboard and stretched her legs out in front of herself. “I want to see you too.”
“It’s turning into a need. I’m not sure how I feel about that.”
He wasn’t the only one. “Let me know when you do.”
“I will. Take down my number again. This time I’m going to give you my house, my cell and my private line. And don’t put them on the same paper. I don’t want to take the chance you can’t reach me.”
“Needy much?”
“Where you’re concerned? Hell, yes.”
Grinning, she stood and pulled out a pen from the junk drawer. She wrote his numbers, making sure she copied each number on more than one paper. What had once seemed like merely a run of bad luck regarding the cell and business card, now seemed a bit more sinister.
“When is your next day off?” he asked, once she was finished jotting down his information.
Day off. What was that? “I have Thursday off, but I have a million errands to run.
I’m also in the process of hiring new people.” Or she would be once she finally convinced her father to let the demonic duo go. “So I’ll be swamped at the store until the training is over. But no matter what, I’ll make sure to get that Saturday off.”
“Swamped, huh?”
He sounded like a lost little boy. “Unfortunately. What about the week after next?”
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“Let me see what I can arrange on my end. I’m not willing to let this fade away.”
His words brought a smile to her lips. “Neither am I.”
“Good. I have to go. Call me tonight.”
“I will.”
“Bye, love.”
Love? “Bye.”
As soon as she hung up, her smile slid away.
She ripped the paper off the notepad and stuffed it into her pants pocket before storming into the living room, hell bent on vengeance. It was bad enough she was forced to share her home, her job and her father with Drew and Staci. She could even live with the fact they borrowed her clothes and never returned them, but she be damned if she was going to let them ruin the one ray of sunlight in her otherwise drab existence.
The evil duo was where she’d expected them to be, sitting on their asses watching her television. Irritated, Cyn walked over to the entertainment center and turned it off When Drew raised the remote to turn it back on, she bent over and pulled the plug from the wall.
“What the hell is your problem?” Drew bellowed.
“You and your sidekick.” Cyn crossed her arms over her breasts. “Which one of you bitches has been keeping my messages from me?”
The twin sisters shared a guilty look, letting Cyn know it wasn’t a one-man act.
Drew was the first to meet her eyes but instead of appearing the slightest bit guilty, she looked pleased. “All of this over a
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