One Moment (The Little Hollow Series Book 1) by Danielle Dickson Page A

time. It was nice to meet you?” I posed it as a question and waited on bated breath for her answer, trying to show her I was no threat to her.
    “Faith,” and that’s all she said before putting a purple lead on the dog and grabbing little Katy’s hand. She turned around and gave me a little wave before skipping off happily beside her mom. Seeing her flinch like that cut me deep, I hoped she got out of whatever situation she was in, if not for her, then for her sweet baby girl.
    I shook the encounter off and turned towards the garage. The shutters were open today so I walked right in and found Lewis under the hood of a beautiful Chevy pickup.
    “Nice.” I nodded in appreciation.
    He looked over and smiled. “Hey, man, I was wondering if I’d see you again after you ran out of here yesterday. You alright?” I picked up a wrench and tossed it from hand to hand.
    “Yeah, something’s been playing on my mind though and I need to just come right out and ask it.” I took a deep breath. “What’s going on between you and Sammy?” He stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
    “Sam hasn’t been all that sociable since, well, you know what. It’s just been her and Keeley. I just wanted to get her out, there’s nothing more going on, in fact, every time I asked her out she always turned me down. And I think I’m kind of into Keeley.” He winked at me. “You’ve got to understand though, she’s not the same girl she once was, Con,” he warned.
    I understood, I really did. I wasn’t expecting anything from her, I just wanted to make sure she heard my side of the story. I started to tell Lewis about my plan to get Keeley to talk to me when I was nudged from behind. I swiveled around and to my surprise, there was an angry faced Keeley standing in my way.
    “You have a nerve still being here.” I looked over at Lewis, who looked as bewildered as me. He shrugged and I turned back to look at her. Her eyes were icy blue and stared daggers straight into mine. She huffed before saying, “Don’t look at me like I’m a crazy person, you know damn well what I mean! You doing this to her is cruel and I want you gone. She wants you gone too if you didn’t already know that.”
    Now hang on a minute.
    “And by she, I’m assuming you mean Sammy? And what would I be doing?” I leaned in to her, I could be cocky when I wanted to be. She faltered and looked at Lewis as if seeing him for the first time.
    “Stop acting like a chauvinistic pig and just admit that you’re in the wrong, you never should have come back here.” She was trying not to raise her voice but I could tell it was taking all that she had.
    “I think we’ve got off on the wrong foot, Lew would you mind if I talked to Keeley alone please?” Lewis frowned then looked from me to her, seeking confirmation.
    “Sure, you guys can go on into my office, it’s more private there.” I gestured towards the back of the garage and she stormed towards it. “Good luck,” he whispered and winked at me.
    I followed her in a far less brisk pace than she was using so that when I got to the office, she was already there leaning against Lew’s desk waiting for me. I turned to shut the door, giving myself a few seconds to recalculate what I was going to say.
    “I don’t know what Sammy has told you but-”
    “Don’t give me that bullshit, you know damn well what she’s told me,” she gritted out.
    “Look, regardless of what she thinks went on, I didn’t just leave her. I had a good reason.”
    She rolled her eyes. “You think she’s overreacting then do you?” Narrowing her icy stare, she waited for my answer.
    “I never said that. I know you both think I’m a horrible person, I left my best friend at the worst time of her life, right? But I was just a kid myself back then and it wasn’t easy for me either, she could’ve lost us both that night”
    “But she did lose you both.”
    “I meant for good.” I closed my eyes getting myself together