Father of the Wolf (THE EAGLE CLAN #1) by L. Shannon EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Warren, Pennsylvania August 26, 1980
If Life Bites, Bite Back
Hope
Obviously, she was completely insane. Hope Carter sighed and
shifted her weight away from the rough brick wall. What else could one call
a person hiding outside her place of work at three in the morning? The word
coward might fit, too. She’d ducked out the door only minutes after calling
her best friend to come pick her up. Steve, her pity chauffeur, would be here
soon. Despite the brisk night, she was waiting outside. She was not going
back into the veterinary clinic just to be shanghaied into another shift.
She limped to the corner of the building where a small bench sat
hidden from the doorway. She sank to the bench and buttoned up her light
jacket against the cool air.
Steve’s station wagon pulled around the building and parked illegally
right in front of the bench. Its engine purred in the eerie quiet, until it also
fell silent.
“Hey, why are you lurking back here?” He swung from the car
entirely too energetically for the time of night, and Hope felt even more
worn out by comparison.
“Sandy wanted me to work another shift,” she explained.
“That’s crazy! You’ve already worked a double. She’s taking her new
title too seriously, isn’t she?” Steve picked up her small bag.
“I thought the same thing.” His cologne swamped over her, making
her sneeze. Steve needed to learn the word moderation. She sneezed again
and fanned the air with her hand. “Joe never showed up, so they’re
shorthanded again.”
“You could have told them no and waited inside.” He frowned at her
and shifted his weight from heel to toe, then back again.
“I almost agreed to do the shift. If it weren’t for the weather being so
crummy today, my legs might have held up for a while longer.”
“No way. You shouldn’t even have done the double and I’ll tell
Sandy exactly that.”
“You don’t have to do that, Steve. I’m fine, really. Let’s just go.”
What was with him tonight? He was wired and almost dancing in place.
“Is Julie on tonight?”
“Yeah.” So, the receptionist was the cause of his excitement. He was
more than a bit sweet on the new girl, and she wanted them to hit it off, but
not while the romance kept her from reaching her much desired bed.
“Great! Go start the car. I’ll be right back.” He bolted for the front of
the building.
“Steve—” Hope broke off. He paused in his fast escape, but she
could see he was already mentally browsing through his stock pick-up lines.
She could go with him and ask the girl for her phone number, but then she’d
have to listen to Steve gripe the whole trip home. So instead, she frowned.
“Please hurry. It’s late.”
“I know.” He halted and glanced longingly at the clinic. “But this is
my best chance to talk with her. She’s mostly on nights and I really want to
ask her out.”
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