113 Katama Rd by Katie Winters

113 Katama Rd by Katie Winters

Author:Katie Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: women's fiction, sisters fiction, clean & wholesome fiction, small town romance fiction, divorce fiction
Publisher: Katie Winters
Published: 2021-04-05T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter Thirteen

Two hours later, just past eleven-thirty, Camilla stepped into the garage and yanked open the exterior refrigerator, the one that Jonathon had previously filled with his beers, set aside from the rest of the food for his Sunday football games. These days, there were only a few beer cans filed away in the back of the fridge; strings of beef jerky lined the bottom vessels of the fridge. Then in the center was the birthday cake, which Jennifer had dropped off the previous afternoon. It was decorated elaborately — after all, Jennifer’s mother never spared a moment nor an expense. In the center, there was cursive icing that spelled out: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDREA.

It was Andrea’s twenty-second birthday at midnight. After the trauma of the previous months, along with all the horrors of working menial jobs, Camilla wanted to make sure there was a beautiful spread of joy, sugary-sweet cake, bubbly champagne and late-night pizza, all for her daughter. She wanted to help Andrea forget.

When Camilla reappeared in the kitchen, Olivia appeared in the doorway, carrying a large paper bag. She set it on the counter and leafed in to find two bottles of Merlot, a bag of Lays potato chips, and a container of spinach and artichoke dip. Immediately, she yanked off the top of the dip and said, “I don’t know what it is about drinking all that wine at the reception, but it’s made me ravenous.”

“That’s the funny thing about food when you’ve been drinking, right? It’s about ten times better than any other food,” Camilla agreed. She drew the top off the cake and displayed it at the center of the counter, next to the still-empty wine glasses, the number of bottles they’d accumulated, and the paper plates.

“Are you girls almost ready in there?” Camilla hollered. Back in the living room, Jennifer, Amelia, Mila, Chelsea, and Mandy had gathered to arrange Andrea’s birthday presents and sip wine (and, in the case of the pregnant ladies, sparkling water).

Chelsea appeared in the kitchen, eyed the chips, and then dragged out a full handful. “You guys are so lucky. That wedding sounded like it was beautiful.”

“It was,” Olivia said as she gently twirled her daughter’s curls.

“Did Anthony have fun?” Chelsea asked.

Olivia gave a slight shrug. “He’s not the most social of guys, is he?”

“No way.” Chelsea lowered her voice slightly. “I’m sure he was kind of annoyed at all of Derek’s rich friends.”

Olivia gave a bug-eyed look that told them both this was precisely correct.

“Is Isaac coming tonight?” Chelsea again turned toward Camilla.

“No. He has something special planned for her tomorrow. We talked about it. Girls-only tonight.”

“Cool. Let the gossiping begin!” Chelsea cried.

Andrea had taken Camilla’s car to the mansion for her horrendously-long shift. A few minutes after midnight, headlights popped up on the driveway. Camilla called to the others, “She’s here! Hide!”

Camilla dropped down behind the island in the kitchen; Olivia followed her lead, while Chelsea popped down the hallway and the others gathered on either side of the foyer, hidden by various pieces of furniture.



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