Game For Love: Game On (Kindle Worlds Novella) Read Online Free Page B

with the kids nowadays. Laurel could hardly keep up with the ever changing landscape of social media fads, but she could very well read this status update.
    The time and date is what had her leaning forward in her chair as she read the incredible words on the screen. The post was barely an hour old.
    OMG ! Trent O’Shea was just in the store where I work!
    This could be her big break. Where was this store? Laurel’s heart pounded as she clicked on the girl’s name to read more.
    Missy Randall. The girl’s profile was an open book. Everything she shouldn’t post for the world to see, she had. Birthdate. Hometown. High School. College. And place of employment.
    Bingo!
    Le Bebe Boutique in Key West, Florida.
    She only took long enough to search for the address to enter into her car’s GPS before she was out the door. Laurel had to talk to Missy before the girl got off her shift at the shop. It was about a hundred and twenty miles to drive to Key West from her Homestead office.
    Laurel realized she might be stuck there overnight or even for a few days if she got a hot lead as to where Trent was staying. She’d need to pack a bag, which would take up time she didn’t have.
    Panicking she’d miss this window of opportunity, she reminded herself that a t least now she knew he wasn’t in Miami. Chances were good he was at a hotel in Key West, although he could have rented a private cottage. Even so, her investigation had just taken one giant step closer to finding him.
    Prioritizin g her To Do list, she knew she needed to grab supplies and an overnight bag, but she also had to question Missy Randall. Laurel dialed the number for the shop that she’d written down along with the directions. She didn’t exactly have a plan, except to play it by ear once she got Missy talking on the phone.
    “Le Bebe Boutique. Missy speaking.”
    “Hi. I’m wondering what your hours are today?”
    “We’re open until nine tonight.”
    “Oh, that’s great. You see I’m driving from a distance on my way to visit a friend who’s staying in Key West and I wanted to pick up a gift. Will you be there or somebody else?”
    “I’ll be here until closing.” Luckily, Missy didn’t seem to be concerned with why an unknown customer on the phone would care who was working in the shop this evening. The overly trusting nature of today’s youth could be disturbing for a person in Laurel’s business who’d seen so much bad in the world.
    “Wonderful.” Laurel searched for a way to get Missy talking. “So funny story. I was searching on the web for stores in the area and I saw a post that said Trent O’Shea shops there.”
    “Oh my God! He was here today. I couldn’t believe it. He just walked right in and I almost didn’t recognize him because he had on a baseball hat and sunglasses.” Missy was bubbling over. That one tiny prompt from Laurel had opened the floodgates of information it seemed Missy couldn’t wait to spill.
    “Wow. Are y ou sure it was really him?”
    “Oh, yeah. Totally. First off, he’s having us ship the gift to Cole Taylor .” The way Missy emphasized the name told Laurel she should know who this man was. Unfortunately, she didn’t.
    “Um, Cole Taylor?”
    “Yeah, his teammate on the Outlaws. It was all over the web that Cole and his wife had their baby yesterday. So it totally makes sense Trent would send them a baby gift.”
    “Of course. Total sense. And Trent’s name was probably on his credit card when he paid too.”
    “Nah, he paid in cash. Hundred dollar bills and the gift wasn’t cheap either. But I know it was him. I mean I’d know Trent O’Shea anywhere. Ever since he did that ad campaign with his shirt off. Phew, so hot. David Beckham, move over. Right?”
    “Um, right.” What ad campaign? Laurel obviously needed to do more research but whatever product he’d endorsed shirtless was of less interest to her than where he was renting a room tonight. “So I guess he’s staying near there