Today’s excerpt is from Fido,
Book #3 of the nine-book Asps Series.
Harry finds love (and picks up a compliment all men love to hear) in
Billings while taking a few days off. Enjoy
and have a great day.
m.j.
Bruce, just out
of devilment, asked, “Is Dr. Chickumunga there?”
Patty pulled the
phone away from her ear, looked at it, then put it back, and answered,
“Yes. Hold on, please.”
She then carried
the phone into the bathroom, just as Harry was drying his face. She handed it to him with a peculiar
look. “For you.”
Harry nodded and
said into the phone, “This is Harry.”
“You met
someone?”
“Yeah…don’t tell
me.”
“Yup. Time to fly.
Gotta meet Fido. Someone special,
or just a fling?”
“Special. Real special.
Am I picking Ike up?”
“Yeah, I’ll call
him next. So long.”
“Yeah.”
After ending the
call, Harry looked at Patty and sighed.
“I’ve got to go.”
“What’s this
about ‘Dr.’ Chickamunga?”
“What? Oh…Bruce being funny. I’ve got a doctorate in languages.”
“They teach you
that in the Marine Corps?”
During the last
two days, Harry had told Patty he was a retired Marine Sergeant Major, and had
done four extra years in the Army after he retired. Now he shook his head. “No, I had to do it in my spare time. Actually, all the services are good about
continuing education, if you take advantage of it. I did.”
“Back to ‘I’ve
got to go.’ You just gonna up and leave
me?”
“Afraid so. Duty calls.
Was supposed to have another day.
Obviously I don’t.”
“Bruce your
boss?”
“No. We work together. Neither of us is ‘boss’.”
While he had
been talking, Harry had been dressing.
When he put on his black fatigue-type pants, then a black pullover
shirt, Patty watched quietly. When he
put on his shoulder holster, with Asp, she asked, “You always dress like that?”
“When I’m
workin’. We sometimes go to some
dangerous places.”
“And you’re
goin’ to a dangerous place now?”
“Yes.”
Patty moved to
him, put her arms around him, and hugged.
He hugged back, then tilted her head up and kissed her. As he stood back, he looked warmly at
her. “Keep your phone on…please. I’ll call you along the line, when I get a
chance.”
“Promise?”
“Yup.”
“Please take
care of yourself. I’ve grown attached to
you in the short time we’ve had. I might
be falling for you in a big way.”
“I am
falling for you in a big way. If you’re
willing, I’d sorta like to make this a long-term deal. What I mean is…”
“I know what you
mean. Me, too. I won’t push for marriage, but I’d like to
make this an exclusive thing.”
“You’re on. And I’m not opposed to marriage…but you’d be
a wife with a husband gone more than he’s here.
Think you could handle that?”
“Sure. A sometimes husband—or even a sometimes
lover—beats the hell out of what I’ve had for the last year…especially a good
lover like you.”
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