Melinda Curtis - The Best-Kept Secret

Relief deflated some of the fight out of him. Hud sat back in his chair and reached for his coffee.

“What is wrong with getting up close and personal with the public? You’ve been in my face all day, and let me tell you, that was quite a surprise.” Rosie laughed softly, almost to herself. “I had no idea that you were so…”

“Determined? Driven?”

Rosie looked at him levelly then said, “I was going to say creative and ballsy. I wouldn’t have approached a rejection quite the way you did.”

“But it worked.” At least, so far. Promising things were lurking just beneath the surface between them.

She shook her head. “I didn’t think you were like your brother in any way, but you are.”

“You knew Samuel?”

“Mommy, come shampoo my hair.”

Rosie held her coffee mug midway to her lips, as if she realized she’d said more than she should have.

“DID THE MAYOR leave yet?” Casey asked, sailing a pirate ship in the bubbly water.

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