Full-Time Father
"There's a woman here to see you," Kiki said, sticking her head into her boss's office.
Parker Hamilton wasn't really working, but he didn't raise his gaze from the computer screen. The program wasn't coming together. He couldn't concentrate. Everyone had been telling him to slow down or he would burn out. He shifted in his chair and wondered if he could feel the heat of that even now. He would hate like hell if everyone had been right.
"I'm not interested, Kiki," he said, still not looking at her. "Tell your friend she's wasting her time."
He didn't hear his housekeeper move into the room, but he felt her presence. Sure enough his screen soon filled with her reflection. She was standing behind him, with her hands on her hips. The image wasn't clear enough to see her face, but he knew her expression would be impatient. She'd been impatient with him a lot lately. "You've got to stop staring at that little screen," she said.
"You're going to go blind. Or worse. Your eyes will change shape until they're square, like your monitor."
He punched in the Save command, then spun in his chair until he was facing her. His housekeeper wa ... read full excerpt from: Full-Time Father ebook
