Seb
“There was no way we could take on another job right now, and I sure as hell couldn’t ask my guys to work late nights and weekends on a charity case.
“I’m sorry, boss,” Jim said, running a hand over his receding hairline. “I’d find a way to make it happen if I could, but there are only so many hours a day, and every one of ours is already spoken for.”
I stared straight ahead, trying to figure out how the hell to break the news to Skylar. She would be crushed, and I’d walk away feeling like the b...ad guy even though she’d been the one to ask the impossible of me.
“This is a friend of yours?” Jim asked.
“Uh, no, I just met the girl. Why?” I asked, returning my attention to him.
“Just seems kind of personal to you.”
How could I not want to help someone with a story like hers? I’d watched my mother slip away when I was barely a teenager, and I would have done anything to make her smile one last time. Fortunately for us, our mother had been a born optimist who never stopped finding reasons to smile, even when life dealt her hands that would have broken a lesser woman.MoreLess
“I’m sorry, boss,” Jim said, running a hand over his receding hairline. “I’d find a way to make it happen if I could, but there are only so many hours a day, and every one of ours is already spoken for.”
I stared straight ahead, trying to figure out how the hell to break the news to Skylar. She would be crushed, and I’d walk away feeling like the b...ad guy even though she’d been the one to ask the impossible of me.
“This is a friend of yours?” Jim asked.
“Uh, no, I just met the girl. Why?” I asked, returning my attention to him.
“Just seems kind of personal to you.”
How could I not want to help someone with a story like hers? I’d watched my mother slip away when I was barely a teenager, and I would have done anything to make her smile one last time. Fortunately for us, our mother had been a born optimist who never stopped finding reasons to smile, even when life dealt her hands that would have broken a lesser woman.MoreLess
Read book Seb for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
6.75 / 10
7 / 10
8 / 10
User Reviews: