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would choose such a large home when it was just him. Clearly he had to have a cleaning staff come in to maintain it all; it just seemed a waste to have all of this room and no one to share it with.
At the foot of the stairs she stopped to compose herself; looking around, Gina knew that she would have loved living in this house. Even now she knew that she could easily pack up from the Montgomerys’ guest home and stay here, but it didn’t seem right. It was too late. All too soon this home would not belong to her father because he would be gone and it would be too hard to make any memories here without remembering all that she had lost.
With a fortifying breath, she headed up the curved staircase. There was a sitting area at the top of the stairs and as she walked down the hallway she counted five bedrooms. He’d told her that there was a box in the bedroom at the end of that hall that had some things that he wanted her to have. Gina had been curious as to what he could possibly have for her but had no idea what it could be.
Opening the door to the bedroom, she gasped. A look around the room had her placing a hand over her rapidly beating heart. It was the room of her dreams; it was the room that her father had set up for her but she had never been allowed to use. She cautiously stepped further inside as tears rolled down her face.
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Arthur couldn’t fall asleep after Gina left. There were so many things that he wanted to say to her; so much he wanted to apologize for and make up to her. Unfortunately, time was not on h is side. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of something shiny. Gina had forgotten her cell phone. Reaching over he picked it up and smiled. She may try to come off as conservative but her bejeweled phone case showed a different side and it made him smile. There was hope for his daughter yet.
Without thinking, he reached for his own phone and dialed a familiar number. “Hey, it’s Arthur,” he said cheerily. “I need a favor…”
****
There were times when you had to do things that you didn’t want to do and you did it with a smile; then there were times that you could bitch and grumble and be miserable. This was somewhere in between, Mac decided.
When Arthur had called to tell him that Gina had left her phone at the hospital and asked if Mac could bring it to her, there was no way that he could say no. With everything that the man was going through, how could Mac possibly complain about doing this small favor? So he’d left the office, driven the short distance to the hospital and sat and visited with the man who’d always been like a beloved uncle to him.
Now Mac sat in his car in the driveway of Arthur’s home and contemplated his options. He could easily just place the phone in Gina’s car and let her think it had slipped out of her purse, or he could knock on the door and have to see her face to face.
The images from the previous evening had kept him awake well into the night. Gina in a bikini, Gina laughing, Gina in the hot tub and in his lap…just thinking about it even now was enough to make him hard. With a growl of frustration
,
Mac knew what he wanted to do but he also knew what he needed to do.
“Dammit,” he grumbled as he rose from the car and slammed the door. “If I make it through this, I should be given an award for restraint.” He knocked on the front door but no one answered. He tested the knob and found it unlocked so he let himself in. “Gina?” he called out. Silence. Calling her name several more times without a response, Mac felt a small wave of panic rising in him. Where was she? Why wasn’t she answering? Had something happened to her?
He quickly walked through the entire lower level and then took the stairs two at a time calling her name. “Gina!” At the top of the stairs he stopped and listened and finally heard a sound. He walked toward the end of the hall
At the foot of the stairs she stopped to compose herself; looking around, Gina knew that she would have loved living in this house. Even now she knew that she could easily pack up from the Montgomerys’ guest home and stay here, but it didn’t seem right. It was too late. All too soon this home would not belong to her father because he would be gone and it would be too hard to make any memories here without remembering all that she had lost.
With a fortifying breath, she headed up the curved staircase. There was a sitting area at the top of the stairs and as she walked down the hallway she counted five bedrooms. He’d told her that there was a box in the bedroom at the end of that hall that had some things that he wanted her to have. Gina had been curious as to what he could possibly have for her but had no idea what it could be.
Opening the door to the bedroom, she gasped. A look around the room had her placing a hand over her rapidly beating heart. It was the room of her dreams; it was the room that her father had set up for her but she had never been allowed to use. She cautiously stepped further inside as tears rolled down her face.
****
Arthur couldn’t fall asleep after Gina left. There were so many things that he wanted to say to her; so much he wanted to apologize for and make up to her. Unfortunately, time was not on h is side. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of something shiny. Gina had forgotten her cell phone. Reaching over he picked it up and smiled. She may try to come off as conservative but her bejeweled phone case showed a different side and it made him smile. There was hope for his daughter yet.
Without thinking, he reached for his own phone and dialed a familiar number. “Hey, it’s Arthur,” he said cheerily. “I need a favor…”
****
There were times when you had to do things that you didn’t want to do and you did it with a smile; then there were times that you could bitch and grumble and be miserable. This was somewhere in between, Mac decided.
When Arthur had called to tell him that Gina had left her phone at the hospital and asked if Mac could bring it to her, there was no way that he could say no. With everything that the man was going through, how could Mac possibly complain about doing this small favor? So he’d left the office, driven the short distance to the hospital and sat and visited with the man who’d always been like a beloved uncle to him.
Now Mac sat in his car in the driveway of Arthur’s home and contemplated his options. He could easily just place the phone in Gina’s car and let her think it had slipped out of her purse, or he could knock on the door and have to see her face to face.
The images from the previous evening had kept him awake well into the night. Gina in a bikini, Gina laughing, Gina in the hot tub and in his lap…just thinking about it even now was enough to make him hard. With a growl of frustration
,
Mac knew what he wanted to do but he also knew what he needed to do.
“Dammit,” he grumbled as he rose from the car and slammed the door. “If I make it through this, I should be given an award for restraint.” He knocked on the front door but no one answered. He tested the knob and found it unlocked so he let himself in. “Gina?” he called out. Silence. Calling her name several more times without a response, Mac felt a small wave of panic rising in him. Where was she? Why wasn’t she answering? Had something happened to her?
He quickly walked through the entire lower level and then took the stairs two at a time calling her name. “Gina!” At the top of the stairs he stopped and listened and finally heard a sound. He walked toward the end of the hall
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