Frank at Heart

Everything about thirty-five-year-old Stone Acres hardware store owner Frank McCord is old-fashioned -- from his bow tie and overalls to the way he happily makes house calls. He dreams of lasting romance, true love, and marriage. Frank’s ancestors have run the store and been mainstays in the small California town for over a century. While genial Frank upholds tradition and earns the respect of friends and neighbors, he fears he’s too dull and old to attract a husband. Maybe it’s time to break out of his mold. Then handsome thirty-six-year-old electronic games designer Christopher Darling and his fifteen-year-old son, Henry, come into his life. Christopher has everything Frank could want in a potential partner: charm, kindness, and compatibility. Also, he’s a terrific father to Henry. When their Stone Acres home turns out to be uninhabitable, Frank offers the Darlings temporary lodging in his ancestral farmhouse, where he and his tenant Emil reside. Since Emil thinks Frank is his, sparks fly. Suddenly, Frank’s monotonous life promises to explode with love and change him forever.

Pat Henshaw

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36 Chs

Chapter 33

“I…I don’t know. I hadn’t really thought.” I stopped and swallowed. “About the table…We made the table for you. For your renovated house. I guess I thought…”

I shut up in shock.

I’d done the dumbest thing in my life. I’d become Emil.

Because Christopher, Henry, and I had been doing everything together, I’d assumed. Weren’t we going to be a family after the house was finished?

Now I understood how Emil felt after five years of living at the farmhouse, often driving to and from work with me. We hadn’t been sleeping together, but we’d spent a lot of time in each other’s company. I knew why he’d assumed we were together and were a family. In his mind, I’m sure, the months and years together equaled closeness. It had to be only a matter of time before we’d form an unbreakable bond. He’d be my family, and I’d be his.

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