This piece of prose was written many years ago, but it is where Luke and Chloe's book originated from. *** I don't expect to see him, but there he is. He looks older, of course. I do, too. He also seems taller. I don't go out of my way to say hi, but he’s in my path to exit the…

SPOILER ALERT! ONLY PROCEED IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON RNOLA 1-3 CHLOE Algiers Point, New Orleans There was a knock at the door. Ophelia went to answer it, and I picked up my coffee like a security blanket just in case the unexpected visitor was Luke. Ophelia pulled the door open and tsked. “Brennan, seriously? You know better…

SPOILER ALERT! ONLY PROCEED IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON RNOLA 1-3 CHLOE Algiers Point, New Orleans A cell phone chirped, and Liza pulled hers out of the back pocket of her jeans. “Hey, hon. Are you still coming by?” After a pause, her brows drew together, and she turned her head as if trying to look out the…

SPOILER ALERT! ONLY PROCEED IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON RNOLA 1-3 LUKE Algiers Point, New Orleans I shoved away from the counter and marched toward the living room, pausing to pivot and address Scott and Ophelia one more time. “I am the fucking guy this time.” Scott smirked at the bowl of remoulade. “See that you are, kiddo.”…

SPOILER ALERT! ONLY PROCEED IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON RNOLA 1-3 CHLOE French Quarter, New Orleans Just then, Brennan entered the kitchen wearing a brooding expression and no jacket. He’d shed everything on his top half but his dress shirt, and he’d rolled up the sleeves to his elbows. With his tousled dark hair, five o’clock shadow, and…

SPOILER ALERT! ONLY PROCEED IF YOU ARE UP TO DATE ON RNOLA 1-3 LUKE   I was now two drinks in, and I was going to end up asking. I really, really shouldn’t ask this, but in the brief ponderings I'd dedicated to it, I now had a hunch. And after realizing Brennan had brought us to this random bar…