Had to Be You: Bad Boys of Red Hook
“Showers of iron flakes fell with each step he took. The fire escape had been rickety back then. Ten more years in Red Hook’s sea air hadn’t helped.
Slater cursed under his breath as the telltale scent of cigar smoke permeated the alley where he’d been unloading a crate. He’d noticed his foster father, Pete Calahan—the curmudgeonly ex-cop turned heart patient, who went against doctor’s orders as often as possible—on the roof, puffing away like a teenager smoking in the boys’ room.
Slater... wasn’t ready for the role reversal, but the consequences from Pop deep-sixing his doctor’s orders were worse than Slater’s fear of confronting the old fart.
He’d thought about going into the apartment and taking the stairs to the roof, but then he’d have to explain Pop’s bad behavior to ten-year-old Nicki—his dad’s newest stray. When Slater reached the top, he threw his leg over the low wall and tugged himself onto the roof.MoreLess
Slater cursed under his breath as the telltale scent of cigar smoke permeated the alley where he’d been unloading a crate. He’d noticed his foster father, Pete Calahan—the curmudgeonly ex-cop turned heart patient, who went against doctor’s orders as often as possible—on the roof, puffing away like a teenager smoking in the boys’ room.
Slater... wasn’t ready for the role reversal, but the consequences from Pop deep-sixing his doctor’s orders were worse than Slater’s fear of confronting the old fart.
He’d thought about going into the apartment and taking the stairs to the roof, but then he’d have to explain Pop’s bad behavior to ten-year-old Nicki—his dad’s newest stray. When Slater reached the top, he threw his leg over the low wall and tugged himself onto the roof.MoreLess
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