Cascade

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Author: Claudia Hall Christian
Tags: Suspense, Romance, Contemporary, Paranormal, Psychics, Denver
has
quite a reputation. Anyway, everyone’s waiting for us for
dinner.”
    “ I’ve heard,” Jacob
said.
    Sam came in the office with cold bottles of
water for everyone.
    “ Delphie made her eggplant pasta,”
Sam said.
    “ Oh, that’s so good!” Aden said.
“I’m starved.”
    Jacob took a package of Nutter Butter cookies
and set them on the desk. Valerie and Aden were grabbing cookies
when Tres came in.
    “ They’re close,” Tres said.
“That’s what they said.”
    “ Hey, Tres,” Blane came through
the door after him. “Thanks for the roses. Heather said they’re
gorgeous. You had someone shoveled the snow?”
    “ I arranged for a service to clear
your snow this winter,” Tres said. “With the baby on the way, you
don’t need to worry about snow.”
    “ That’s very thoughtful of you,”
Blane said. “I’ve been so sick that Heather shovels the
snow.”
    “ I thought that might be the
case,” Tres said. “And it’s the least I can do. I’m really sorry
for being such an asshole.”
    “ Yeah, thanks for that too.” Blane
smiled.
    Blane walked over to the desk for some
cookies. He held the package out for Tres to get some. Sam gave
them each a bottle of water.
    Jacob put his forehead on his desk.
    “ Are you all right?” Sam asked.
“How’s your heart?”
    “ Just tired, Dad,” Jacob said. “I
may miss pasta for a long nap.”
    “ I’ll go check again,” Tres
said.
    Tres was walking to the door when Celia’s VC
friend stuck his head in the door.
    “ We’re ready to talk to
you.”

CHAPTER
FIFTY-EIGHT
    Dumb de dumb dumb
     
    Tres, Aden and Sam filed out after the venture
capitalist. Jacob stood from his desk then weaved. He plopped back
down in his chair. Blane held Jacob’s nitroglycerin spray out to
him.
    “ I’m all right,” Jacob said. “Just
tired.”
    “ You look like crap,” Blane said.
“Stop being such a martyr. Take your spray. Did you eat
today?”
    Spraying the nitroglycerin under his tongue,
he shook his head.
    “ You’re such an idiot,” Blane
said.
    Jacob laughed. Using the desk, he pushed to
standing.
    “ Come on,” Blane said. “They’re
waiting for us. You just have to get through this then flop on your
fluffy bed with your beloved. I’ll even drive you home.”
    “ That’s a deal,” Jacob
said.
    “ One more thing,” Blane said. He
stuffed two Nutter Butter cookies into Jacob’s mouth.
“Chew.”
    Seeing only concern in Blane’s eyes, Jacob did
what he was told.
    “ I look that bad?”
    “ You look like I do when I have
the Ribavirin shots,” Blane said. Stopping at the door to the
conference room, he said, “Whatever these guys say, we’ll be fine.
I know you’ll figure something out.”
    Jacob nodded to Blane then followed him into
the conference room. The first thing he noticed was the laughing,
chatting venture capitalists. The next thing he noticed was Sam
coming to hug him.
    “ It’s settled,” Sam
said.
    ~~~~~~~~
    Sunday evening — 7:47
P.M.
     
    “ Are you all right?” Jill asked to
Jacob. “You look terrible.”
    “ Just exhausted,” he said.
“Listen, I’m going to miss dinner, but if you…”
    “ I’ll stay with you,” Jill
said.
    “ What about your Mom?” Jacob
asked.
    “ She was here for a couple of
hours. But Sandy was right. She’s overwhelmed by everything. She
played with Katy while we talked. It was… nice,” Jill said. “Katy’s
exhausted too. She’s already in bed. Have you eaten?”
    “ Two Nutter Butter cookies that
Blane made me eat.”
    “ That’s not food,” Jill said. “Why
don’t you take a bath? I’ll put some dinner together.”
    “ You don’t…”
    “ I can cook, husband. Just because
I haven’t, doesn’t mean I can’t.”
    Jacob nodded.
    “ Come on,” Jill said. “I’ll help
you with the bath.”
    Turning on the water for his bath, she helped
him undress. Even exhausted, he was aroused by her touch. She
laughed.
    “ Maybe after you’ve eaten and
rested,” she
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