180 Days by T.E. Ridener

Author:T.E. Ridener [Ridener, T.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: trans, transgender, transfemale, trans romance, transwoman, lgbt
Published: 2015-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Lydia

The incident at the bar was never mentioned again—much to her surprise—and Jeb still had his job, but it didn’t help the feeling of dread lingering over her head when she thought about what Devin Rose and his family was scheming behind closed doors.

They weren’t good people, at all. While Devin Rose had always been a big bully, his father was the biggest one of all. He’d set a fine example for his sons by bullying the locals out of business, money, and land. They were only so wealthy because of everything he’d taken from other people, often by intimidation and sometimes by force.

It wasn’t fair.

She hated them. It was wrong to hate and she knew that, but she honest to goodness hated them.

A rose was meant to be sweet and beautiful, but oh, how names were deceiving. If only she could ensure Jeb didn’t lose his job...

“Earth to Lydia. Where’d you go?” Laney asked, tapping the tip of her pen against the countertop. “Are you going to help me make a list of stuff we need for the party or not?”

“Huh?”

“That’s what I thought. Lost in your brain again, huh?” Laney smiled sweetly—too sweetly.

She’d been extra nice the past few weeks and Lydia had a feeling she knew why; Jeb was being super nice, too. If they felt bad about what had been said that night, they needed to forget it—she had. Apologies had been issued, hugs had been given; there wasn’t any need for being so sickly-sweet and nice now. She just wanted things to go back to normal.

Well, her family’s definition of normal.

“So apples or no apples?” Laney asked rather loudly, obviously trying to keep her attention. “Jeb eats all the apples when he comes over and if we’re going to have a true Halloween party, we need to bob for apples.”

“Double up on them if you want to be cliché.” Lydia mumbled, feeling her phone vibrate in her pocket.

She tugged it out and smiled when she saw who the text was from.

“Ugh. Reply to Lover Boy and get back to me.” Laney waved her off. “I’ll just write down some more cliché stuff.”

“Oh well.” Lydia teased, hopping down from her stool and hurrying to her bedroom, simultaneously hitting the call button.

It barely rang once when he answered.

“Hey, beautiful. How’s my girl?”

“Making a party supply list, apparently,” she replied, flopping down on her bed like a teenager. “Laney wants to bob for apples.”

“She does?” He laughed.

God, she loved that laugh.

“Well, you should probably know I’m a champion when it comes to bobbing for apples.”

She tried to envision him dunking his head in a bucket of water and it made her giggle. Maybe the party wouldn’t be all that terrible after all...

“Are your friends coming?”

“Agatha and Ben? Of course! They’ll be here tomorrow morning and they’ll be staying the whole weekend. I’m excited to see them again.”

“I know you are. I can’t wait to see them, too.”

“You can’t?” Her heart fluttered.

“Ben’s good company, and I love how Jeb gets flustered around Ags.

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