by C. J. Lyons
She looked up. “Actually, they’re not bad. Better than my usual dinner, and the box says they supply a complete and nutritious breakfast.” She dangled her spoon in front of the colorful cereal box. “I’ll bet you two things.”
“What?”
“One, that you’re going to start packing cookies in her lunch. And two, that Nellie’s going to grow up to be a lawyer.”
He groaned—on both counts. “Really? I’m thinking with her negotiation skills she could be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company.”
“Why not President?”
He smiled. The first, genuine, deep down to his toes smile he’d had since Charlotte died. He could make it past this pain, he could start to enjoy life—starting with his daughter—again. “Why not? I have a feeling she’s destined for great things.”
“Her mother would be proud.”
He thought about that. “Yes. Yes, she would.”
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
DEVIL SMOKE
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Epilogue