Surrounded by Secrets (15 page)
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Authors: Mandy Harbin
Thomas looked at his watch. “Well, beautiful, I should probably get back to the house. Jeffery is preparing our lunch. I have breakfast with the boys—because the girls think eating breakfast that early is asinine—and dinner with everybody, but lunchtime is mine and Jeffery’s time to visit. He’s the brother I never had, though he’d never let his sense of duty get in the way of that.” Thomas chuckled. “But I make him at lunch. He’s getting much better at unwinding with me. I’m sure having a baby in the house will frazzle him enough to make him lose some more of his properness.”
Thomas heard a rustling in the bushes and turned to see Jeffery stepping out. “Thought I’d find you here, Tom.”
“Hey, Jeff, just talking about you to Lina.”
Jeffery smiled at Thomas while he stood. “Lunch is ready.”
Thomas nodded at him and turned to the gravestone. “Good-bye, sweetheart. I think we did pretty well with our boys,” he whispered.
Jeffery chuckled. “You say that now, but wait until you talk to Joshua. He’s been on the phone all morning with Mikaela’s doctor trying to bribe her into telling him the sex of their baby. Mikaela is going to be furious when she finds out.”
Thomas groaned. “I hope he has a boy who will be just as ornery.”
Jeffery slapped Thomas on the back as they headed away from the gravesite. “From your mouth to God’s ears, my friend. From your mouth to God’s ears.
The End
About the Author
After reading Danielle Steel’s
Summer’s End
, Mandy became hooked on reading romance. Of course she was probably too young to be reading books like that at the time, which made it that much better! She dabbled in writing throughout adolescence and justified studying it in college under that wonderful umbrella of liberal arts. Living in Arkansas, she figured writing was a dream and not a career, so when she went back to get her master’s degree, she studied business. It wasn’t until she was staying up late to write—after working full-time, spending time with the family, and studying mind-numbing business nonsense—when she realized something had to give. The love of writing prevailed. She still lives in Arkansas with a few classes shy of an MBA but is now a multi-published author living her dream. She can be found online at www.mandyharbin.com.
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