Strayed

By Naomi Bell

No job, no money, and an ex-wife who's glad to be rid of him . . . Frank is looking for his next scam when he holes up in an abandoned farmhouse. But this town has a way of calling strays home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naomi Bell
• Release date: Apr 21, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476377117

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Strayed

Published by Naomi Bell at Smashwords

Copyright Naomi Bell 2012

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Don’t get me wrong, I hate cats. Sneaky little critters always looking for a handout. Only this one, well, this one ain’t so bad.

So I got this farmhouse, see, way out the end of Hyde Road. It ain’t mine, not really, but the owner’s son gives me a break on the rent in return for taking care of the place. Steve just wants the rent money, no questions asked, and that’s fine by me. It’s his dad’s farm but his dad don’t know himself no more, so it’s Steve I deal with. Me and Steve, we go back years. After highschool he left for the city and made himself into some bigshot, but this town has a way of reeling folk back in. When his dad took ill Steve had to come home to take over. In two days he’d moved his dad into town and put the farm up for sale.

It suits me better to rent, anyway. Can’t have the ex thinking I got assets she can steal. I’m doing okay right now, what with the money the judge said she has to pay me for my half of the house. That pretty much covers my rent here. Serves her right. Let her pay me for a change.

So I stay out here, living cheap. I used to work sweeping up at the