LONELY HEARTS
BY QUASI9
Disclaimer: I don't own Frank Donovan or the team; the rest of the characters are mine.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Three hearts need each other to mend
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CHAPTER 1
Tylo had noticed the "For Sale" sign was removed from the townhouse next to hers. It had been up for a few months and this was a sign that she would have new neighbors soon.
Frank had closed on his townhouse and would use the weekend to move his daughter and him in. With the help of his team, he had finally gotten his house packed and was ready for a new start. After the closing, he had went to the school Veronica would be attending to enroll her.
Saturdays were Tylo's days to sleep in but today she was not going to have that luxury. The noise of the truck was loud enough to wake up the dead. Tylo peeked out the window to confirm that her new neighbors were indeed moving in today. She saw two women, three men and a little girl; the challenge was to figure which of them was moving in. She watched the commotion for a little while until she decided she had better things to do besides snoop on her neighbors, she would find out soon enough.
The weekend went by fast as Tylo's alarm went off Monday morning; she opened one eye to see that it was six am. Tylo walked out of her townhouse at the same time that her new neighbor did. She looked over and from afar viewed her neighbor and child. He was drop dead gorgeous from what she could see and the little girl was just as beautiful.
Frank got a glimpse of his neighbor as he opened the door for Veronica to get in. She was not much to write home about, she reminded him of a librarian or a spinster teacher, and didn't give her a second thought.
Tylo was very pretty but since her divorce she had masked her features extremely well. When in public she always wore her mahogany hair up in a bun, glasses that concealed her green eyes, and clothes that would not accent her body at all. Only a select few saw her differently behind closed doors.
It had been almost a week since Tylo's neighbor moved in, every day they walked out about the same time in the morning and it was always the man and little girl. She had not seen the two women who had helped him move in, for that matter she hadn't seen any female living with him and the girl.
Tylo arrived home Friday night from work, stopped to get her mail and noticed that her neighbor was picking up his mail too. She waited for him to get out of in front of her mailbox, when the little girl turned around and said, "Hi!"
"Hi." Tylo said.
Frank immediately turned around to see whom his daughter was talking to when he said, "How many times have I told you not to talk to strangers?"
Tylo noticed his tone of voice was curt, but the accent was sexy. Then she looked at him and could not breathe. From afar she thought he was gorgeous, but up front and personal he was magnificent as a man can be. The spell was broken when the little girl replied, "I'm sorry daddy."
Tylo felt sorry for the little girl because of the way her father spoke to her. She tried to help extending her hand to him saying, "I'm Tylo Williams, your neighbor."
Frank was not interested in making acquaintance with this woman but being a gentleman he shook her hand saying, "I'm Frank Donovan and this is my daughter Veronica."
She looked at the little girl, smiled, and said, "Nice to meet you both, next time you say hi we won't be strangers now."
Frank took his daughter's hand and said, "It's time to go." He did not even acknowledge what Tylo had just said.
As Tylo got her mail she thought he was arrogant, of course most men who looked like he did were. She had had her share of men since her divorce, but they were shallow intellectually as well as physical. She instinctively knew Frank Donovan was not shallow and would not even get close enough to find out.
BY QUASI9
Disclaimer: I don't own Frank Donovan or the team; the rest of the characters are mine.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Three hearts need each other to mend
Feedback: yes Quasi9@msn.com
CHAPTER 1
Tylo had noticed the "For Sale" sign was removed from the townhouse next to hers. It had been up for a few months and this was a sign that she would have new neighbors soon.
Frank had closed on his townhouse and would use the weekend to move his daughter and him in. With the help of his team, he had finally gotten his house packed and was ready for a new start. After the closing, he had went to the school Veronica would be attending to enroll her.
Saturdays were Tylo's days to sleep in but today she was not going to have that luxury. The noise of the truck was loud enough to wake up the dead. Tylo peeked out the window to confirm that her new neighbors were indeed moving in today. She saw two women, three men and a little girl; the challenge was to figure which of them was moving in. She watched the commotion for a little while until she decided she had better things to do besides snoop on her neighbors, she would find out soon enough.
The weekend went by fast as Tylo's alarm went off Monday morning; she opened one eye to see that it was six am. Tylo walked out of her townhouse at the same time that her new neighbor did. She looked over and from afar viewed her neighbor and child. He was drop dead gorgeous from what she could see and the little girl was just as beautiful.
Frank got a glimpse of his neighbor as he opened the door for Veronica to get in. She was not much to write home about, she reminded him of a librarian or a spinster teacher, and didn't give her a second thought.
Tylo was very pretty but since her divorce she had masked her features extremely well. When in public she always wore her mahogany hair up in a bun, glasses that concealed her green eyes, and clothes that would not accent her body at all. Only a select few saw her differently behind closed doors.
It had been almost a week since Tylo's neighbor moved in, every day they walked out about the same time in the morning and it was always the man and little girl. She had not seen the two women who had helped him move in, for that matter she hadn't seen any female living with him and the girl.
Tylo arrived home Friday night from work, stopped to get her mail and noticed that her neighbor was picking up his mail too. She waited for him to get out of in front of her mailbox, when the little girl turned around and said, "Hi!"
"Hi." Tylo said.
Frank immediately turned around to see whom his daughter was talking to when he said, "How many times have I told you not to talk to strangers?"
Tylo noticed his tone of voice was curt, but the accent was sexy. Then she looked at him and could not breathe. From afar she thought he was gorgeous, but up front and personal he was magnificent as a man can be. The spell was broken when the little girl replied, "I'm sorry daddy."
Tylo felt sorry for the little girl because of the way her father spoke to her. She tried to help extending her hand to him saying, "I'm Tylo Williams, your neighbor."
Frank was not interested in making acquaintance with this woman but being a gentleman he shook her hand saying, "I'm Frank Donovan and this is my daughter Veronica."
She looked at the little girl, smiled, and said, "Nice to meet you both, next time you say hi we won't be strangers now."
Frank took his daughter's hand and said, "It's time to go." He did not even acknowledge what Tylo had just said.
As Tylo got her mail she thought he was arrogant, of course most men who looked like he did were. She had had her share of men since her divorce, but they were shallow intellectually as well as physical. She instinctively knew Frank Donovan was not shallow and would not even get close enough to find out.