Taken for Granted Chapters 3

Chapter 3

Dr. Phil Martin was sitting in the parking lot
when Sam Dunn left New Horizons. The only
other car in the small lot belonged to Kelly
Anderson. It wasn’t unusual for her to be
there after hours but the fact that she had
been meeting with Sam Dunn didn’t sit well
with Dr. Martin. Sam Dunn was a good friend
of Grant Michaels’s. People were getting
suspicious. Soon they would have to be
stopped. He wasn’t prepared to give up
everything for a worthless, non-contributing
member of society like Grant Michaels. He
would have to consider damage control plans.
Absently rubbing at his five-o’clock shadow
with his thumb and index finger he muttered to
himself, “Where should I begin?”
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Sam Dunn knew it was a bad decision, but he
was feeling the loss of his friend and knew he
could find comfort with Sheila. The problem
was that Sheila was a cocktail waitress at
Benny’s Pub. Sam was a recovering alcoholic
who had been sober since the last time he
and Grant had gone out drinking. Going into
Benny’s to wait for Sheila to go on break
would put him close to temptation.

“Okay, I can handle this,” Sam assured
himself. He stood in the doorway and
surveyed the small barroom looking for
Sheila. He spotted her almost immediately
after his eyes adjusted to the smoky gloom.
He waved her over to the door.

“Hey, didn’t expect to see you here tonight.
What’s up?” Sheila gave him a quick kiss.

“I’m not feeling so hot. You always make me
feel better so I thought I’d come by and see if
you were do for a break.”

Sheila glanced at her watch, “Sorry, love, not
for another half hour at least. You don’t want
to be hanging out in here do you?”

“Nah, I’ll be in the truck. Come out as soon as
you can?” he raised his eyebrows hopefully.

“Sure, I’ll be out as soon as I can,” she
winked at him and headed back into the
barroom.

Sam, feeling better already, headed back to
his truck never noticing the black sedan
parked next to the dumpster.