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By
M
ARY
C
ALMES
N
OVELS
Change of Heart
Honored Vow
Trusted Bond
A Matter of Time, Vol. 1 & 2
Bulletproof
The Guardian
Mine
Timing
N
OVELLAS
After the Sunset
Again
Any Closer
Frog
Romanus
The Servant
What Can Be
T
HE
W
ARDER
S
ERIES
His Hearth
Tooth and Nail
Heart in Hand
Sinnerman
Nexus
Cherish Your Name
Published by
D
REAMSPINNER
P
RESS
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com
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Mary Calmes
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Chapter One
I
T WAS
pouring when I walked outside to use the pay phone.
I was so close; I could stop or just catch another bus
depending on how he sounded on the other end.
“Hello?”
Not Cy, someone else, and it was noisy wherever his
phone was. I checked my watch—eight
o’clock on a Friday
night. He was probably at a club or a bar or even dinner. I
was interrupting.
“Hello?”
I cleared my throat. “Uhm, sorry, I… is this Doc’s
phone?”
“Doc?”
“Sorry, I mean Cyrus.”
“Yeah, this is his. He just had me answer it ’cause he’s
putting things away in the fridge. Who’s this?”
I swallowed instead of hanging up like I should have.
“This is Weber, and I—”
“Weber who?”
“Weber?” My name was repeated distantly.
“Hey, Cy, do you know anybody named—”
“You know what,” I started to say at the same minute
there were sounds on the other end of the line, muffled, and
then a quick bang, like something dropped, maybe the
phone.
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“Weber?” He sounded breathless, and my
because he was the one saying it, sounded amazing.
name,
“Hey.” I smiled into the phone even though the water
was coming in under the booth and soaking through the
bottoms of my worn cowboy boots. “Sorry to be interruptin’
whatever you’re doin’. I wasn’t thinkin’.”
“You’re not interrupting anything. Where—”
“Are you at a party?”
“No, I’m just at a friend’s house, and we were about to
have dinner.”
“Then I’ll let you
go and—”
“It’s just a big group, Web, it’s nothing,” he assured me.
“Where are you?”
I was starting to shiver. “Not far, so I thought I would—”
“Yes—” He cut me off. “—come see me. I’ll go home right
now.”
“Oh no, you—”
“Web.” He caught his breath. “Please. Meet me there.”
“I’ll meet you in the morning,” I told him, because I
realized how exhausted I was, and I wanted to shower and
shave before I saw him. I always showed up looking like
hammered shit, in clothes I had slept in for a week. He
deserved better.
“Weber, I’m sorry, okay?”
“Nothing to be sorry for.”
There was a long silence, and after a minute I got it. I
wasn’t that bright, but even I could figure things out. “I’m
not punishing you. I just look like hell, and I’d like to look
better this time.
I promise I’ll be there.”
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“You promise?”
“Yeah,” I said as my teeth started to chatter.
“Oh God, you’re freezing. Are you… where exactly are
you?”
“At the Greyhound bus station in Oakland.”
“Oh God,” he groaned. “You’re that close?”
“Doc—”
“Weber.” His voice cracked. “Please don’t make me wait
until tomorrow. I don’t give a damn what you look like. Just
let me come get you… please.”
“I don’t wanna interrupt your—”
“Web.” He sounded so serious, and I loved it. “I’ll beg—
do you want me to beg?”
“You don’t need to beg for nothin’, ever.”
“Listen,” he said, his voice low and gravelly, “just…. I’m
so sorry about the last time.”
Seven or so months ago I had been through on my way
to Reno, and when I was ready to go, he had given me an
ultimatum. Stay forever or go and never come back. He was
tired of waiting, which I had no idea he’d even been doing,
and he wanted me either to remain with him or lose his
number. I had actually forgotten the fight until that very
moment. I tended to remember only the good times with him
and none of the bad.
“Oh shit, Doc.” I trembled. “I shouldn’t have bothered
you. I wasn’t thinking.”
“Web—”
“God, I’m such an ass,” I groaned, feeling more than
stupid. Talk about a needy bastard.

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