"There's nothing to ask." She started to close the door. "She don't get involved with customers."
"Please," he beseeched.
The tone of his voice made her stop. "What do you want?"
"I want to know where she is?"
"The owner said she's staying at the hospital with her grandmother as far as I know."
The cold bit at his ears. He only put on his sheepskin to speak to David and it was freezing cold outside. "That's not true. I know it's not true, but I can't explain how I know. Can I come in, because I think she might be in trouble?"
Cleo looked worried and then confused. Finally, she unlocked the security door and let him in. He put of the cigarette he'd been smoking and came in. The home was clean, but it had that familiar poverty smell. She offered him a seat on the couch, and he welcomed it. He knew not to refuse any generosity because she would think it as an insult.
"When she didn't come in a couple of weeks ago and Marvin started working her shift, I got a little suspicious but he told me to shut my mouth. Well, one of the customers didn't like how his orders were always late so he demanded to know where she was. I happen to be there early trying to help with the Christmas orders and Marvin told him that Nanna got rushed to the hospital and Nicole was doing some vigil by her side. This sounded like Nicky because I know her grandmother means everything to her."
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Love Like This
RomanceAngered that his wife would sleep with his brother, Ethan swore revenge. To his surprise, he becomes involved with the one person his wife never wanted him to get close to...her daughter, Nicole. Once Ethan leaves his wife penniless and then breaks...
