REBORN – Excerpt 2

Here’s another quick excerpt of REBORN.  I’m excited to have you read Hudson’s story…it’s almost release day!

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“Hi, Beverly,” Hudson said calmly as he gingerly walked into the room.  He had originally wanted to take a nap, but the look she was giving him stopped him dead in his tracks.

“Hello, Hudson,” she said with the same calm.

As the words registered in his ears, he realized that there was a bit of a storm in that calm voice.  Kind of like standing in front of an oncoming hurricane.  You just knew the bad shit was coming, and all you could do was wait.

He studied her, his fatigue gone.  She stood across the room, her back ramrod straight, her hair up in that adorable little bun on the top of her head.  A few wisps had escaped and freely hung down framing her face, which was a mask of calm, yet her green eyes seemed a couple of shades darker as they blazed in fury.

“Is there something wrong, Beverly?” he asked, almost afraid of the answer.  He didn’t want to tango with this side of her—the side that looked like she could take a chunk out of his hide with a couple of well-placed words.

She continued to stare at him, and it became very apparent that, yes, there was definitely something wrong.

“How dare you?” she said in a low, calm voice, and he found himself wishing she would yell because it wouldn’t be as uncomfortable.

“Excuse me?  How dare I what?”