Page 26 of Love Me Carefully
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Terrell lay in bed wondering if she were back from her date yet. Had the guy spent the night or had she sent him home at the door? He imagined what she’d worn, probably a skirt or something classy; something that allowed that dude to see her legs. ‘Ole boy probably taken her to some fancy restaurant trying to impress her so he could get her into bed. Mild fury bubbled in the pit of his gut as he thought of Leah and this dude together.
This was stupid. He wasn’t interested in her. She could do whatever she wanted, it didn’t matter to him one way or another. He had more important things to tend to. Rolling over onto his side, he reached for the phone perched on his nightstand. Quickly dialing the number he knew so well he waited for an answer.
“Hello?”
“What’s up, man? You got some news for me?” Terrell spoke into the receiver.
“I was gonna call you in the morning. I checked the bank accounts and he looks pretty stable financially. No wife, two daughters, the shop, everything you told me pretty much checks out.”
“Yeah?” Terrell didn’t hide his disappointment.
“Except?”
His hopes raised, Terrell sat up in the bed, “Except what?”
“It seems he has a colored past.”
“How colored?” Terrell held his breath in anticipation.
“Bloody red.” The voice on the phone went on with his report. Terrell listened intently, secure in the fact that he’d found information that would blow this whole wedding out of the water.
