Stealing Home
“Surely by now he, too, was taking heat for the time they’d spent together, or maybe men didn’t have friends and relatives who felt a need to meddle in their lives. Anyway, she was probably the last person he wanted to hear from.
Still, despite her parents’ other eccentricities, she’d been schooled in proper manners since birth, so Sunday evening she forced herself to pick up the phone and deal with her jittery nerves as she waited for him to answer.
“Maddie,” he said at once.
“Since I haven’t e...ven said hello, you must have caller ID.” Her nerves immediately settled at the warmth she heard in his voice.
“Yes, and I’ve been forced to screen calls all weekend.”
“Let me guess. They’ve been from the well-meaning and the curious,” she said.
“Something like that.” His tone was wry. “You, too?”
“You have no idea,” she responded. “I guess that pizza Friday night turned us into hot news for the weekend. I probably should have warned you about that. It was evidently a headline-worthy event on the gossip circuit.”MoreLess
Still, despite her parents’ other eccentricities, she’d been schooled in proper manners since birth, so Sunday evening she forced herself to pick up the phone and deal with her jittery nerves as she waited for him to answer.
“Maddie,” he said at once.
“Since I haven’t e...ven said hello, you must have caller ID.” Her nerves immediately settled at the warmth she heard in his voice.
“Yes, and I’ve been forced to screen calls all weekend.”
“Let me guess. They’ve been from the well-meaning and the curious,” she said.
“Something like that.” His tone was wry. “You, too?”
“You have no idea,” she responded. “I guess that pizza Friday night turned us into hot news for the weekend. I probably should have warned you about that. It was evidently a headline-worthy event on the gossip circuit.”MoreLess
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