HIS Choice: An H.I.S. Novel (H.I.S. series Book 2) by Sheila Kell Read Free Book Online Page B

fight. Not about the story itself, but the fact Megan had withheld the information earlier and that she’d placed herself in significant danger for it. Thankfully her friends had left for the day because what she’d received from her boss was nothing compared to what she knew she’d receive from them.
    Bob greeted her as she entered her brownstone door. She scratched behind his ears and relaxed at the responding purr. “Did you behave today? No parties? Are you to be a father again?” She chuckled as he meowed. “That had best be a no to the last question or you will never go outside again.”
    She’d slipped out of her wet boots and into her comfy slippers when her cell phone rang. She checked the caller ID and smiled.
    “Hi, Mom. Are you home?”
    Megan’s parents, Jeffrey and Tonya, vacationed in Palm Beach, Florida annually. The first time they’d visited had been to escape Hurricane Katrina. She wouldn’t be surprised if when they retired from the casino that they move there.
    “Megan Elizabeth Rogers, what have you been doing?” her mother asked in the voice that told Megan she was in trouble, especially since her full name had been spoken. “We just got home and I’ve been reading your articles. You need to stop what you’re doing, right now. It’s not safe. Those druggies kill people.”
    She shook her head and silently sighed. Her parents had been overprotective of them growing up and still were. She had known they wouldn’t approve of what she was doing, but she wouldn’t stop. Even for them.
    She placed the phone between her shoulder and ear to feed Bob. You’d think she starved him with the way he acted when she opened a can of wet food. Heaven forbid he had to survive off the dry stuff in his bowl.
    “Mom. You know I’m just doing my job.”
    “Your job doesn’t require you to mix with the dregs of society, Megan Elizabeth.”
    She cringed. “Actually, Mom, it does. I’m an investigative reporter. I investigate, wherever it takes me.” She always had to remind her mother of that. “You know why I want to bring them down.”
    “Getting yourself killed won’t bring justice for your brother. He wouldn’t want you risking your life trying to avenge his disappearance.”
    “Mom, no matter what you say, I’m not stopping. This is my job. This is what I do,” she stressed. “The Magician needs to be identified and removed from the streets, and I plan to do it.”
    “And you’re very good at your job. We’re proud of you, but we don’t want to lose you too. Remember, your brother disappeared investigating this gang.”
    How could she forget? She did worry about her safety at times, but her blood ran too hot to allow them get away with Kevin’s disappearance. “Mom, I’m being safe.” Now that she thought about it, it had been odd that no one had bothered her on the streets.
    “How close are you to ending this?” her mother whispered in a broken voice.
    “Not as close as I’d like. Don’t worry, Mom.”
    “I’m your mother. Of course I worry like any good mother would.”
    She didn’t need her mother more upset. “Have you talked to Leann since you’ve been home?”
    “She’s pregnant again.” At twenty-eight, Leann, her sister, had two children, one six and one four. Megan loved her niece and nephew even though she saw them mostly via Internet video calls.
    Megan found herself jealous. She realized how much she wanted a baby. She’d hoped it would happen with her and Marcus. But what were her chances now? “That’ s great.”
    “When are you going to settle down and give me grandchildren?”
    She groaned. Her mother asked it every time they spoke. And since her breakup the answer had been the same. “When I find the right man, Mom.”
    “What about Marcus? Can’t you two get back together?”
    She slammed the refrigerator door after removing the milk.
    Her mother loved him. Megan admitted that he was charming. But he wasn’t faithful. She removed the cocoa