Broken Trust (Missing in Action Trilogy Book 1) by H. B. Rae Read Free Book Online Page A

need to provide to Sasha?”
    “You sound too excited about this.”
    He watched as color formed on her cheeks. Was she blushing? Why would she blush? She brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear and she bit her lip. “I was always hoping to be able to do more than just take messages and schedule appointments for you all day.”
    John looked away from her. Now he felt as though he had been ignoring her wants, but why should he feel bad? Sheila had never told him about her desires to do any of this and that was not his issue. Now that he knew though, he wondered if he would actually be able to close up shop. He knew it was possible he would have to let her go and he did not want that.
    “I see, well I wish you had told me sooner. I thought you were busy enough with everything else and I didn’t realize you wanted to juggle more.”
    “I am busy,” she smiled. “But I am very good at multitasking.”
    “Well I guess we will have to see how well you actually do multitask.”
    She blushed again and he realized what he said could have been taken wrong. He hoped that she didn’t take it the wrong way. He was awkward enough without talking. Now that he was, he realized he should probably shut up. She smiled.
    “I think you should be getting home,” she finally said. “I will have everything on your desk in the morning.”
    He nodded and he could not help but feel reluctant to leave. He enjoyed being in her company, but he knew he had to go as it was. There were a few things he had to go ahead and do anyways. She was seeing him out and he turned towards her. He needed to say something. “Look, this might be the only case you can work on. Once I stop taking these domestic cases, we might be out of work for a while.”
    Sheila took a step closer towards him and she looked him in the eyes. “I know that Boss, but that’s fine. We will work through this together.”
    John nodded. She had opened the door for him and he stepped outside. He wasn’t too sure he wanted to leave but he finally walked to the gate. He opened the gate and shut it. He heard something beep and he saw that the security had been set. He could not deny that Sheila was extraordinary. He looked over his shoulder. Part of him wanted to see her there, but she wasn’t there.
    Continuing to walk down the road he had no idea where he was going. He hailed a taxi once he made it to the main road. Sitting in the backseat he knew where he needed to go.

 

Chapter 5
     
    He had not sat in this kitchen in well over a year and his mother was bubbling with excitement. She was putting dinner together as quickly as she could as his father walked in through the front door. He appeared to be exhausted, but he had multiple functions at the diner. He paused for a moment.
    “John, what the hell are you doing here?”
    “Rick,” his mother said. “What is the matter with you? Is having our son in the house such a bad thing?”
    “No, and I am sorry if that came out wrong. I was just not expecting to see you twice in one day. What’s the matter?”
    John was not too sure how to tell his father what was going on in his head, but he knew he needed to talk to him. He was the most logical person he knew and he trusted him. “I just needed to talk to you about something.”
    He smiled and walked over towards him. Patting him on the shoulder, he pulled a chair out and sat down next to him. “And what is that something on your mind?”
    “I don’t know how to say this because it is something that you don’t approve of.”
    “What? Dating your coworkers? Sheila looked as if she was into you too.”
    “What, no! That is not what I am here to talk to you about; there’s something else.”
    “There’s a girl,” his mother interjected. “Who is she?”
    “Mom, there is no girl. I don’t think so at least; but that isn’t why I’m here. I need to talk to you about my business.”
    His father scrunched up his nose. “What is going on son?”
    John knew his