A Soft Place to Fall
“"I have a bone to pick with you, Warren Bancroft," she said as she ushered the man into her living room.
"Keep it to yourself, old woman." He gave her a hug that she endured with little grace. "You're watching your blood pressure like you should?" "My pressure wouldn't be a problem if you would keep your meddling nose out of my family's business." "Not that again!" He reached for the tumbler of scotch she always had waiting for him on the side table. "So I undersold the market to give Annie a break on the house. How is that meddling in your family's business?" Oh, there were a million things she could say to him about that! Over the years he had developed the annoying habit of always being there when she needed him, a cigar-smoking guardian angel who watched over her family as if he actually had the right.
"I'm talking about that man you installed in Ellie's old house." "Watch that viper tongue of yours, Claudia.
You almost drew blood that time." She ignored him. "I hope you're not tr...ying to push the two of them together because if you are – " "Speak English!" he roared.MoreLess
"Keep it to yourself, old woman." He gave her a hug that she endured with little grace. "You're watching your blood pressure like you should?" "My pressure wouldn't be a problem if you would keep your meddling nose out of my family's business." "Not that again!" He reached for the tumbler of scotch she always had waiting for him on the side table. "So I undersold the market to give Annie a break on the house. How is that meddling in your family's business?" Oh, there were a million things she could say to him about that! Over the years he had developed the annoying habit of always being there when she needed him, a cigar-smoking guardian angel who watched over her family as if he actually had the right.
"I'm talking about that man you installed in Ellie's old house." "Watch that viper tongue of yours, Claudia.
You almost drew blood that time." She ignored him. "I hope you're not tr...ying to push the two of them together because if you are – " "Speak English!" he roared.MoreLess
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