A Man to Hold On to (A Tallgrass Novel)
“Mariah had grandparents in Illinois. Were they active in their grandchildren’s lives? Would they be interested in taking custody of the granddaughter they didn’t yet know existed?
He didn’t have a clue, but talking to Therese over coffee might give him one. That was why he’d suggested it. No other reason.
By the time he left the store, there was no sign of her or her giant umbrella. He jogged across the parking lot, though there wasn’t much left on him to keep dry, and deposited the bags in the... backseat before escaping the rain himself.
It took maybe three minutes to navigate out of the parking lot, down the street, and into a space near the coffee shop. It occupied a storefront on the ground floor of a building dating to 1926; the year was spelled out in bricks on the second-floor level. The air inside smelled warm, rich, sweet…kind of like the woman waiting at the counter. She greeted him with a polite smile that made him faintly uneasy—not the smile itself. His reaction to it.MoreLess
He didn’t have a clue, but talking to Therese over coffee might give him one. That was why he’d suggested it. No other reason.
By the time he left the store, there was no sign of her or her giant umbrella. He jogged across the parking lot, though there wasn’t much left on him to keep dry, and deposited the bags in the... backseat before escaping the rain himself.
It took maybe three minutes to navigate out of the parking lot, down the street, and into a space near the coffee shop. It occupied a storefront on the ground floor of a building dating to 1926; the year was spelled out in bricks on the second-floor level. The air inside smelled warm, rich, sweet…kind of like the woman waiting at the counter. She greeted him with a polite smile that made him faintly uneasy—not the smile itself. His reaction to it.MoreLess
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