The Gray-Haired Knitting Detectives Go on Tour
D.E. Haggerty
Jack Gets His Man
Excerpt #3
Jack took a big breathe and forced a smile on his
face. “Your man candy has arrived, ladies!”
The group of grandmas immediately began to giggle like
they were teenagers and not the senior citizens that they were. “Jackie my
boy,” shouted Betty. She patted the seat next to her. “Come sit here.” Jack
raised an eyebrow at her. He didn’t trust Betty any more than he could knit a
purl stitch, whatever the heck that was.
Although Jack loved this club of gray-haired knitting
wonders and would do just about anything for them, he knew what they really
were under their perfectly coiffured looks – troublemakers. They fooled most
people into believing they were sweet, little old ladies who wouldn’t hurt a
fly. Yeah right.
They were troublemakers with a capital T and wouldn’t hesitate
to bring him, Izzy, or Noel into a shit storm of their own creation, laughing the
entire way.
Jack sighed and went to sit next to Betty. Betty was
the head honcho of the so-called knitting club. If she wanted you to sit next
to her, you were going to sit next to her come hell or high water.
Unfortunately, that usually meant she was up to no good. Although to be fair
when was she ever not up to no good?
Izzy, wonderful woman that she was, handed him a glass
of lemonade and winked. He took a sip and it burned all the way down. “What the
hell,” he coughed.
Izzy shrugged. “I didn’t taste test it. Too strong?”
The knitters peered at Izzy with questions in their
eyes, but Jack was oblivious. “Just a bit. I’ll be sending you the bill for my
esophagus transplant.”
“I don’t even think they do those.” Izzy murmured as
she tripped onto Noel’s lap. Noel righted her and he pulled her close.
Betty set down her knitting and looked at Jack. When
she crossed her hands in her lap like a prim old lady, Jack knew he was in for
it. “Are you seeing anyone at the moment,” she asked.
Jack choked on another sip of lemonade. “What?”
“Are you seeing someone?” Betty asked again slowly as
if he hadn’t understood the first time. Uh oh. He was most definitely in
trouble.
“He’s not,” Izzy answered for him. “And he needs to
get laid.”
Giggles erupted all around him except for Ally who
blushed and hid her face. Ally was really a sweet old lady although she had a
naughty streak, which sometimes ended with Jack getting his butt pinched. He thought
it was cute, but still acted outraged whenever she managed to gather the
courage to come near his tight tush.
“Oh good,” Betty clapped her hands. Clapping hands was
never good. He raised an eyebrow at Betty and waited. “We have the perfect man
for you!”
Jack groaned and hid his face in his hands. This is
what his life was reduced to? Getting set up on blind dates by 80-year-old
grandmas? He was pretty sure this was the definition of pathetic.
Betty slapped him on the shoulder although between his
muscles and her dainty hands it was more like a tap. “Shush you. He is
absolutely lovely. Comes to church every Sunday. All alone. Such a lovely young
man.”
Martha placed a piece of paper in his hand and he
looked down to see a phone number. “Now that’s Tommy’s telephone number,” Betty
filled in. “He’s expecting your call. Don’t disappoint us.” Instead of getting
guilt-tripped by his mother and grandmother, he had a whole group of grandmas
to guilt-trip him.
Jack looked up and smiled at Martha who was still
touching his arm after having placed the paper in his hand. “He’s a cutie pie,”
she whispered and Jack held back from snorting. Was there any young man that
these women didn’t find cute?
“Cutie pie?” Betty grunted. “That man is hot. H-o-t,
hot!”
Izzy giggled from her perch on Noel’s lap. Jack gave
her his best evil eye but she just stuck her tongue out at him. “You’ve got
nothing to lose, Jack. Just go for it!” He raised his eyebrow at her
enthusiasm. Before she could push him any further, Noel put his hand over his
mouth. She bit him but kept quiet.
Author Bio:
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was born and raised in Wisconsin Germany Ohio , Virginia , the Netherlands ,
Germany and now Istanbul
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Book blurb:
Jack’s
life is awesome. His store is making money hand over fist and his best friend
has found love. So what if he’s feeling a bit restless and put out about his
upcoming birthday and his ex is being a pain in his fabulous behind? That’s
nothing he can’t handle. But then his smoking hot new bookkeeper discovers
things at the store aren’t actually as they seem. Someone is playing fast and
loose with the finances. Jack’s bestie and his gal pals, the gray-haired
knitting detectives, jump at the chance to solve Jack’s problems. When they
aren’t re-enacting scenes from spy thrillers, they’re setting Jack up on dates
and generally insinuating themselves into his love life. They’re determined to
find love for Jack as well as his missing money. Will Jack catch a thief or
find love? Either way Jack’s going to get his man.
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