427 First Ave. (A Cherry Falls Romance Book 17) by Hope Ford
Author:Hope Ford [Ford, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-26T23:00:00+00:00
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Ozzie
The minute Ginger walks out of the shop with my mom, I fight the urge to join them. I know Iâm going to be the main topic of conversation. I should be freaked out, but Iâm not. Iâm actually all right with it. Maybe Mom will give her an insight into our lives. Mom will try to sugarcoat it and make it seem like Iâm a decent man, but no doubt Ginger is smarter than that. Iâm a felon that went to prison on a drug charge. My brother is a drug addict that is in prison for armed robbery. Definitely knowing the truth, sheâll walk away, and I wonât have this temptation to deal with because the more I see her, the more I want to give up on all my thoughts of staying away from her.
My cell phone rings, and I look at the caller ID. Itâs already three in the afternoon, and no doubt my mom is calling me about her lunch with Ginger. âHey, Mom.â
âYou busy?â she asks.
âNo, just finished up an appointment and my next one isnât for another half hour.â
She almost interrupts me. Sheâs chomping at the bit to get her two cents in. âSheâs the one, Ozzie. Iâm telling you, sheâs the one.â
I walk up the back stairs to my apartment. âWho?â I ask, playing dumb.
âOzzie Cunningham, Iâm not in the mood for this. You have that poor girl thinking you donât like her when itâs obvious you do. Now you need to get it together.â
âMa, Iâm not ready to start dating. Weâve been over this.â
She huffs loudly in the phone. âAre you really that dense? Sheâs the ONE, Ozzie. I couldnât have picked out a better woman for you if I tried. Now you need to quit acting like youâre not worthy or whatever you got going on over there or youâre going to fuck this up.â
Yeah, my mom is cussing me. She was raised hard, and sheâs always been one to say it like it is. But the love she has behind the words doesnât even let me question her. However, I do know I better not try to throw an âfâ word back at her. I tense up just thinking about it. No doubt the woman would try to bend me over her knee for it.
âMa, Iâm not trying to mess it up. And she seems nice, but you have to let me live my life,â I tell her point blank.
She sighs loudly in the phone. âI just want you happy. You deserve this, Oz. You more than anyone else I know deserves to have love.â
âI know, Mom. I just need to work through a few things, thatâs all.â
Sheâs quiet for the longest time. âOkay, Iâll stay out of it.â
She says the words, but I know itâs far from the truth. Thereâs no way sheâs going to let something she feels so strongly about go. But I donât want to argue with her about it. Not anymore. âThanks, Ma.â
âWell, Iâm still going to have lunch with her sometime next week.
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