Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 82198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 411(@200wpm)___ 329(@250wpm)___ 274(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 82198 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 411(@200wpm)___ 329(@250wpm)___ 274(@300wpm)
Me: Hell yeah, we are.
Smiling, I decided to have a little bit of fun with my girl.
Me: Is that whole wearing the Yankees shit bet still on?
Harmony: Yes! Don’t even think about it, Mr. Ward.
Me: What if I made you another bet, would you be game?
Harmony: Sounds fishy?!?!?
Letting out a chuckle, I got ready to bring out the big guns. Harmony had been having a dream about the two of us last week and I was hell-bent on making it come true.
Me: What if I can make your dream come true?
I waited for what seemed like forever for her to respond.
Harmony: If you can make that happen, I’ll let you out of your bet.
The alarm went off, stating a minor car accident. Fist pumping, I stood up and sent her another text.
Me: Yes! Got to go. Alarm went off. I love you!
Harmony: Please be careful and I love you, too!
Smiling, I dropped the hat and took off. Only twelve more hours to go and I’d be home with Harmony wrapped in my arms.
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Sharp walked up and hit me on the foot as I glanced up from the book I was reading. “What’s up?” I asked as I gave him a head bob.
“What did the cap want?”
Rolling my eyes, I waved it off. “Nothing. Butting into my personal life.”
Falling down onto his bed, he crossed his legs and rested his head in his hands. “He was asking me if I’d been around you and Harmony. What my thoughts were on your relationship.”
Sitting up, I dropped the book to my side. “What the fuck? Are you kidding me?”
“Nope, don’t get pissed, Ward. He thinks of you as a son. He was worried.”
“What did you tell him?”
Glancing my way, Sharp gave me that damn smile of his. “I told him I’d never seen you look at a girl like you look at Harmony. I also told him I’ve never seen you so happy.”
Smiling, I reached my hand out and Sharp slapped it. “Thanks for having my back, dude.”
Letting out a gruff laugh, he said, “I was only speaking the truth. I’m glad to see you happy, Preston. I know how much you want to settle down and have a family. I sure as shit didn’t see that happening with Sherry.”
Shaking my head, I mumbled, “Yeah.”
Sitting up, Sharp looked at me. “What is it?”
Shrugging my shoulders, I let out a sigh. “I want to start a family with Harmony. I just don’t want to push her. I mean, we’ve only been together officially for a month—before that we were best friends.” Pushing my hand through my hair, I let out a laugh. “Jesus, it’s all I think about. Dream about, really. It’s the same damn dream, over and over. Harmony chasing a little girl around in a house I built out in the country.”
Giving me a weak smile, Sharp said, “That doesn’t sound bad, Ward.”
Smiling like an idiot, I nodded. “No, it doesn’t sound bad at all.”
The alarm rang for a three-alarm fire. Jumping up, we both took off. Hopping into the truck, Sharp leaned over and shouted, “We have choices in life that sometimes we aren’t sure of, Preston. The best way to know which choice to make is to follow your heart.”
Pulling my head back, I stared at Sharp with a stunned expression. “Who the hell are you and what in the fuck did you do with Mitch?”
Throwing his head back, Sharp let out a rumbling laugh as we pulled up to the three-alarm fire. Stepping out of the truck, we both said, “Holy shit.”
Flames engulfed the building. Cap came walking up shouting orders. “Fourth floor there is a family trapped. Let’s move, people. Now!”
After getting on our breathing apparatus, we headed into the building. Smoke surrounded us as we made our way to the stairs. Stopping on the fourth floor, I thought I heard someone screaming. Yelling for Sharp, I pointed down the hall and quickly made my way to the last apartment on the left. Following our safety standards, we checked everything out before opening the door. Sharp and I quickly made our way around the apartment. The smoke was getting thicker from the fire on the floors above us. A woman with three small children was sitting in the corner trying to keep the kids’ mouths covered.
“We need to move fast. Cap said the structure is going,” Sharp shouted to me.
Looking down, I noticed the small little boy up next to his mother. My mind flashed back to Harmony’s accident as I stood there frozen.
Hitting me on the arm, Sharp yelled, “You’ve got to grab them, Preston! We need to get them out of here now!”
The ceiling caved in around us as Sharp grabbed the mom and one of the kids and started out of the building. Picking up the other two kids, I turned to follow when a large piece of the ceiling fell in front of us, trapping us in the room.