A Chance at Love (A Ferry Creek Novel): (a billionaire romance novel) by Karolyn James Page A

somewhat relieved. Katey smiled, knowing how much Jess cared. There may
have been more than once in Katey ’ s
life when Jess had to deal with her drunk and wallowing while drinking way too
much before getting sick. That would not happen tonight though.
    “ So
what ’ s happening with a
brother? ” Katey asked.
    “ Apparently
Bob had another son, ” Jess
said. “ They ’ re waiting for the DNA results
to find out if everything matches. I don ’ t
know how it works. ”
    “ Kind
of like those talk shows when they test the fathers and stuff? ”
    “ Yeah,
I guess. ”
    Katey drank more water and took a
deep breath. “ Thank you for
talking to me tonight. I can ’ t
believe my life is coming down to this. ”
    “ It ’ s just life, ” Jess said. “ I left home when I was eighteen
and pregnant. I was never so scared in my life. I had no money, no place to go,
and ended up here in Ferry Creek. ”
    “ I
had a book deadline a month ago and missed it, ” Katey confessed. “ My agent
is pissed and I ’ m pretty
sure my publisher has pulled. ”
    “ You ’ ll get through it, ” Jess said. “ You can get through anything. ”
    Katey looked at Jess. “ Divorce? ”
    “ Better
than death, ” Jess
whispered.
    She thought of Bob. She thought of
Bobby. She thought about this man who may be Bob ’ s
older son.
    Better than death...
     
    Bobby was on edge. He had been on
edge for the past two weeks. He never thought in a million years he ’ d talk to Sullivan Chasen on the
phone let alone have the man suggest and pay for whatever was needed to prove
that Bobby was his brother and that Bob was his father. The conversation had
been short and stern. It seemed that Sullivan Chasen had his own personal
thoughts on the situation, not that it was any of Bobby ’ s business. Bobby made sure to reiterate to
Sullivan Chasen that he wasn ’ t
looking for money or anything. That he just wanted his father to die in peace.
    That ’ s
where the conversation ended and after visiting Timmy, his lawyer, he submitted
a DNA sample and there was nothing left to do but wait.
    After a restless night of sleep,
Bobby sat up in bed and felt like someone had run over his back with a truck.
He tried cracking it but that did nothing but bring muscle pain to his sides.
He reached for his cell phone and saw nothing happened overnight. He dialed for
Leslie. The urge to check on his father had become greater than ever. When his
father had woken up after his last scare, Bobby explained that he ’ d found Sullivan Chasen and that
he agreed to find out if he was Bob ’ s
son. It made his father smile, but it seemed to put a lot of stress on his
heart because he wanted to know why they needed proof. His father took offense
that his word alone wasn ’ t
good enough. Part of Bobby wanted to stick up for his father yet he had to be
honest with himself... he wanted to know the truth, too. It still felt raw that
his father had another son - an older son - and never said a word about it. For
all Bobby knew, his father could have been going senile, right?
    Leslie answered on the third ring,
her voice groggy. “ Bobby? ”
    “ Leslie.
Did I wake you? ”
    “ Uh...
no. ”
    “ Liar. ”
    “ Why ’ d you ask then? ”
    “ I
don ’ t know. I, uh, wanted
to check... ”
    “ He ’ s fine, ” Leslie said. “ I
left the hospital at five. He was okay. ”
    “ Five
in the morning? ”
    “ I ’ m a nurse, ” Leslie said. “ Don ’ t sound so shocked. ”
    “ Christ.
And I just woke you. ”
    “ You
owe me a coffee. ”
    “ Absolutely, ” Bobby said. “ Stop in and it ’ s all yours. ”
    “ Thanks.
I ’ m going to bed now. ”
    “ Sleep
tight. ”
    The call ended and Bobby winced.
    Sleep tight?
    Really? Did he really have to say
that to the woman who was his father ’ s
nurse? It left Bobby confused and more annoyed than he already was. Thinking of
Leslie made him smile but it was mostly because of what she did for his father.
    It