Gambling on Love (Stories of Serendipity #6) Read Online Free PDF

I’ll go let these guys in and see y’all up there? Is that okay?”
    “You from Texas?” One man asked, looking pointedly at her boobs.
    “Um…yes.” Without a word, he turned and left. “Okay…Is that a problem for anybody else?” Nobody moved, all eyes on her, until the elevator dinged its arrival, and she squeezed on with the first thirteen men.
    Once on the elevator, the doors closed and Kathy had a sudden sense of paranoia. The walls were mirrored, and she had situated herself in front so she could see. However, that meant that someone behind her was groping her, and she couldn’t tell exactly who it was. Someone stank. Badly. And there were a couple of suspects for the source of that, but she couldn’t tell whose hand was on her ass. She looked in the mirror to see who looked guilty, but everybody’s eyes were facing front, watching her, watching them.
    As soon as they got to the fifth floor, Kathy was off the elevator before the doors had finished opening, quick-walking to the hotel room. She inserted her key and turned the knob, allowing the men in first. Five minutes later, the second group of men came in, and five minutes after that, came the stragglers.
    She passed around a clipboard for everyone to sign up for interview slots on two separate sheets of paper.
    “Alright. The interviews shouldn’t last more than fifteen minutes or so, and I’ll be doing them in the bar. So, if you’ll just wait fifteen minutes after the last guy has left before you come down, I’ll see you down there. Okay? Any questions?” She taped one of the interview lists to the door so they would know when to come down. “Great! Who’s first? You can come on down with me, and the next one come down in fifteen minutes.”
    Eddie was first, a nice looking black man wearing a shirt that said, “My Lifeguard Walks on Water” written inside a red cross. She decided to go ahead and use the elevator time to start the questions.
    “I see you’re religious. What denomination are you?”
    “I am of Christ’s church. Have you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into your heart? Do you have a relationship with our Savior? Are you saved?”
    “Um…Yes, yes, and yes. I live in the Bible-belt; no one reaches adult-hood without all that.” Since they’d made it down to the lobby, Kathy led him to the bar area and ordered two sodas before attempting to get the interview back on track. “Do you have any hobbies?”
    “I read the Bible.”
    “Anything else?”
    “I talk to my God in daily prayer,” his voice rose in fervor and Kathy could see she was in for a sermon. He didn’t come to be a sperm donor. He came to redeem her.
    Tuning out preacher man and his litany of ways to enter the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, Kathy’s mind wandered back to Luke.
    They were lying on a blanket by the banks of the reservoir, watching the stars. Tonight was supposed to be the busiest part of the meteor shower, and Luke was in town this weekend, so Kathy took him someplace secluded to see the falling stars.
    It was their first date after their long-distance status was established, since Luke finished working for his brother and had moved back to Houston. They hadn’t seen each other in almost a month, but they’d talked on the phone nightly and texted constantly.
    Luke’s hand rested on her hip, squeezing gently. He’d kissed her hello, but hadn’t done anything else, and Kathy was antsy for something more. She snuggled her nose in the crook of his neck, and he pulled her closer, but apparently, just wanted to talk.
    “You ever see that movie, The Time Traveler’s Wife ?”
    “Yeah, it made me cry.”
    “I think it’s an awesome movie, the whole concept of knowing your wife from childhood, watching her grow up, from an adult’s perspective. It’s kind of cool…”
    Her heart beat a little faster at his words. Luke wasn’t much of a romantic, and this was the closest he’d come to telling her his true feelings about her. She wanted to