10 Ways to Survive Christmas with Your Ex: A 27 Ways Novella (27 Ways Series Book 3) by Shari L. Tapscott

Author:Shari L. Tapscott [Tapscott, Shari L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

Isaac’s parents are incredibly nice. Odd, but nice. Don’t get me wrong. They’re not attempting-to-contact-aliens or invade-Area-51 odd. No, they’re more like an-entire-basement-filled-with-working-train-models odd. If you were a ten-year-old boy, you’d think his dad was the coolest man alive.

And if trains aren’t enough for you, Isaac’s mom breeds and sells hedgehogs.

Seriously, they’re the kindest people. But if you don’t think it was a shock to my fourteen-year-old self when I walked into Isaac’s house the first time and found all that…well, you’d be wrong.

“Georgie-girl!” Glen says when I walk down the stairs. He grins from the dining room table with a mug of coffee in his hand.

“Oh, Georgia!” Charline hurries from the kitchen in a bright red apron with a black Santa belt appliqué across the front. “Just look at you, honey! It’s been forever! I wanted to come up the minute we got here, but I didn’t want to wake you.”

She pulls me into a tight hug that smells like vanilla perfume and maple syrup. I return the embrace, genuinely happy to see her—and a little surprised the feeling is so sharp. Charline is exactly as I remember her, though maybe a little softer around the edges.

It’s Christmas Eve, only Day Two. I have a total of three to get through. Last night I had a much-needed respite from Isaac since he asked to borrow Mom’s car to surprise his parents at the airport. They ended up going out to dinner after. By the time they arrived at the house, I was hiding in my bedroom, and they all assumed I’d gone to bed early.

Was I asleep? No.

Was it a bizarre sort of torture listening to Isaac brush his teeth and get ready for bed on the other side of the door? You betcha.

“Gigi,” Mom says when Charline releases me. “Can you look at Calliope? I think something is wrong with her eye, but she won’t let me near her.”

“Morning, Gigi,” Isaac says lightly as he passes me and heads into the kitchen.

I glare at his back. I don’t know what I can do about it, though. It’s not like I can write him a warning. I mean, technically, I could hand him a folded-up slip with a handwritten citation, but he’d get far too much amusement out of that.

That’s the problem with my list. Isaac can break my carefully crafted rules as he pleases, and I’m helpless to stop him.

As it repeatedly did until two in the morning, my mind goes back to four little words…six out of ten. Does that mean he’s going to act on those remaining four? And what four are they exactly? A few I can live with—the nickname is bothersome, but it’s not that big of a deal.

I suppose I can put up with him sucking up to my parents too. But the dredging up the past rule? That one is necessary. And the bathroom schedule? Obviously, that’s important so I don’t accidentally walk in on him while he’s half-dressed.

For half a second,

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