2 - Rock Chick Rescue: Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley

Author:Kristen Ashley [Ashley, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Rock Chick#2
Publisher: Rock Chick Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

BLANCA’S PARTY

“Isn’t this exciting?”

Ada was sitting between Eddie and me in the truck and we were on the way to Blanca’s. Mom and Trixie were following. It was easier for Mom to get in and out of Trixie’s car, and her wheelchair was already safe in the trunk. Ada wanted to ride in the “fancy truck,” and no one had the heart to refuse her. It took us three goes to shove her bony behind into the cab, but we got her in and we all headed out.

So, there we were, a mini-convoy on the way to my doom.

I’d spent most of the day in Eddie’s bed. Eddie spent most of the day in me.

Around three o’clock, I caught sight of the clock and panicked.

I pulled Eddie out of bed and nagged at him to shower.

Then I paced and texted Daisy as a response to her second phone message (the one left after the call Eddie didn’t let me answer), setting a meeting with her the next day while he showered and dressed. He wore what I considered (in my limited experience) an Eddie dress-up outfit—black, light-weight, V-neck sweater over a white T-shirt, jeans that were seriously faded (the only kind I think he owned) and his signature black cowboy boots and silver-buckled belt.

Then I dragged him to Fresh & Wild so I could buy flowers for Blanca. I even wore my Smithie’s uniform, ignoring all the stares as I tramped through a swank Cherry Creek grocery store in my slut outfit.

Then we went to my house. I took a shower and began my herculean preparations. At the same time I made peanut butter cookies and smushed a big, old square of Hershey’s chocolate in them after they came out, hot and puffy, from the oven. I ran back and forth between the bathroom and the kitchen like a woman on fire.

Eddie hung out through all this activity, alternately watching a football game and watching me.

At one point he strolled into the kitchen and grabbed one of the cookies when I wasn’t paying attention and ate it in one bite, then immediately reached for another one.

I smacked his hand. “Those are for your mother.”

His arm wrapped around my waist and he pulled me to him. “Trixie was wrong. Chocolate sheet cake bought you protection. Make these for me and I’ll put a ring on your finger.”

Dear Lord.

Trixie and Mom came home, thankfully both already done up in new outfits they reported they’d picked up that day at TJ Maxx, hair and makeup at the ready.

I wasted precious time trying on seven hundred and fifty outfits for them while my ear was to the cell phone, describing every outfit to Ally for her opinion.

We settled on the green dress Trixie bought me for my birthday the year before. It had cap sleeves, a square neckline, a square cut at the back exposing my shoulder blades and the skirt came to a respectable brush-the-knee hem. Problem was, it was skintight. That was a con.

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