Free Snow Wolf by K.S. Martin Page A

get into trouble.
    Amy ~On my way, sorry. Ran into
Liam and couldn’t control myself.
    Krista ~LOL, no worries, nookie
is always more important than work!
    Amy smiled and started the van as
soon as she climbed in and buckled her seat belt. She should have left her
number but when she’d seen the time, she’d started the game of beat the clock.
As soon as she got home she would call his room. Amy and Krista made a pact
when they brought Olivia home to never use the cell phone while driving. It
didn’t matter if Olivia was in the car or not, no cell phones.
    ***
    “Already?” Amy nearly whined into
the phone. “I just saw him less than an hour ago. Are you sure? “Please check
again.” There was a pause before the young man returned to the line.
    “Yes ma’am, Mr. Anderson checked
out twenty minutes ago.”
    “Thanks.” Amy said quietly and hung
up. “Shit.”
    “What’s shit mommy?” Olivia looked
up from her coloring book.
    “Oh, no, no, sweet girl, you don’t
say that word. Mommy shouldn’t say that word either.” Amy sat down at the table
beside the little girl that looked so much like her father it was haunting. She
should’ve told him. He should know his child. How would she find him though?
They were leaving for Norway in the morning and there was no time. If she’d
only left her number for him, he would’ve called. She was sure of that. “What a
pretty flower you colored Olivia. You can be a botanist when you grow up and
study flowers all day.” Olivia scrunched her nose up.
    “I’m gonna be chef like Aunt Krista
so I can make pancakes.”
    “Mmm, I like pancakes.” Amy kissed
the top of her head.
    “Me too mommy.” Olivia looked up
and grinned at her. She looked so much like him. She had the same gray eyes
with navy blue rims. Amy loved those eyes. She smiled down at Olivia missing
him.
    “I have to finish packing. You
should help pack your toys so none are forgotten.” Olivia nodded and put her
crayons in the box then carried it and her coloring book with her to her room.
She was a very smart little girl who acted older than her age. Amy loved her
more than her next breath.
    After a few hours of packing and then
lunch, Krista came home early. “Hey guys!” Krista came in with a bag from the
restaurant. She started unloading the bag and placed a salad, a piece of
chicken and vegetables out on a plate. “I haven’t eaten all day, did you guys
eat?” Amy nodded. “Jax let me go early and told me to pack. We were really slow
and he said that I had more important things to do here. He also said that I
was welcome back when we come home in six months. Apparently I am the best sous
chef he ever had.
    “That’s great Krista.” Amy said
without looking at her. She was studying the agenda from the conference. “Damn
it.”
    “What’s wrong sis?” Krista’s brow
furrowed when Amy didn’t answer. “Did he call?”
    “No.” Amy said sharply then looked
up at her sister with watery eyes. “I didn’t leave my number. When you texted,
I just ran for it. He was still in the shower. He’ll think I’m… I don’t know
what he’ll think. Krista, he was so different.”
    “Different how?” Krista stuffed
salad in her mouth and chewed. For someone who worked with food all day, Krista
seemed to have no appreciation for it, then again Amy thought, maybe it was
because she worked with it all day that she had none. It was just work.
    “He wasn’t as arrogant. I don’t
know how to explain it. It was like he hung on my every breath.” Krista gave
her a Cheshire grin straight out of Alice. “I mean before he was interested
in…” She glanced down at her daughter who was playing with a doll in the floor.
“You know…but this time it was all about me, my satisfaction, making me feel
loved. He kept kissing me, everywhere.” Amy sighed. “It was beautiful, fast but
beautiful. I wish that I hadn’t passed out so quickly afterwards.”
    “Yeah round two.” Krista cut her
chicken