Page 89 of Family Bonds- Kelsey & Van

“Isn’t everything that comes out of your mouth funny?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said. “It is. And this is just one more thing.” Might as well at least try to make light of this.

“Shoot,” he said.

“I didn’t think cops said that.”

“I’m not a cop,” he said. “Not anymore.”

“It’s a good thing too,” she mumbled. “Anyway… Remember those flowers I got a while ago?”

“Did you get more?” he asked quickly.

“Nope,” she said. “But I know who sent them.”

“Who?” he asked. “And how did you find out?”

“That’s the funny story,” she said.

“Let me be the judge of that,” he said.

She told him about William giving her the chocolate bar and her keeping him company. Then added how his name was Bill and he’d been waiting to meet her.

“It’s funny, isn’t it?”

“No, Kelsey. It’s not.Not at all. This man showed up at your office and you had no clue.”

“He was harmless.”

“Harmless isn’t someone that is holding onto something for months waiting for it to happen. Not coming with your favorite candy on top of it.”

Her lips started to contort in frustration. Good thing he couldn’t see her.

She couldn’t even argue with him over this.

“I told him I was in a serious relationship,” she said. “That is when he got pissy. Just like a two-year-old losing his toy.”

“You said he lived in Plymouth?” Van asked.

“Yes. That is what he said.”

“Give me his full name,” he said.

“What?”

“His name, Kelsey. Now. Give it to me or give it to your father. One of us is getting it.”

“You guys suck.”

“Kelsey!”

“William Swift. I can ask Lexi if she has his number.”

“Text me his number,” he said. “I’m heading to the docks right now. Give me a description.”

Why the hell hadn’t she thought of that?

“You’re joking, right?”

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