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Grampa put an arm around me, rubbing my back. “There, now. I’m sorry. We’re sorry,” he said, glaring at Sean. “Tell me why you were crying before you came in here.”
That only made me cry harder after everything Sean had said about Chris being a player, his whole concern about me getting close him. Grampa made a motion toward Sean, so he walked away and stood by the register.
“I was stupid, Grampa. I saw him leave here with a woman, Melanie something. They went into a hotel together. And I—”
“Goddamnit,” Sean said. “This is what I worried about, Grampa. You see?”
He’d only pretended to give us privacy but had apparently strained to hear every word.
“Don’t worry, Sav. I’ll take care of it.” Sean stormed out of the bookstore with Grampa calling after him.
“Oh, he’s such a hothead,” Grampa said. “And you’re almost as bad.”
“What? Me?”
“Following him and jumping to conclusions.”
“They went into a hotel together. An out of town hotel.”
“A hotel with a restaurant, and a bar, and meeting rooms? One where people do all kinds of business every day of the week? He’s a contractor. They could have gone for any number of reasons.”
“Grampa—”
“Yes, the reason you’re thinking is always possible. But it’s hardly the only explanation. Especially when anybody with eyes in their head can see how much that man loves you.”
My breath caught. Chris hadn’t told me he loved me, but hearing it stated so plainly from Grampa made my heart do a flip-flop.
“He’d be an idiot to do anything that jeopardized what you two have. Especially after it’s taken so long for both of you to stop fighting it.”
I wasn’t sure what he said was true, but I hugged him, grateful to have someone like him on my side.
“You should call him, Sav, and at least warn him so when Sean finds him, he knows what to expect.”
I didn’t know exactly how I was going to explain myself, or how I was going to deal with the feelings I had after seeing him and Melanie go into that hotel, but I pulled my phone out.
I didn’t get a chance to dial. Sean’s angry voice carried in from the street outside.
33
CHRIS
After we got backfrom The Brimstone, I pulled in as close to Melanie’s car as possible. After she left, I realized Sav’s car was out front. I hadn’t expected to see her all day, so my day was instantly better.
Sean came out of the bookstore and stopped short when he saw me.
“Well, hey, Chris. What’s shakin’?” His voice was tense, his words clipped off, like he was angry.
“Not much. Something wrong, bro?”
“You tell me.”
Heat spread across my chest as my adrenalin surged. Sean was red in the face, his shoulders spread, his hands balled into fists. Hewasangry.
“You tell me what’s wrong,bro,” he ground out. “I came here to find you, since you practically live here now.”
I tilted my head. “I’m here a lot, because I’m putting an office on the second floor. You knew—”
“And since you seem to be spending all your free time with Sav. Who’s inside right now, crying over you.”
