A Beautiful Mess by Brenda S Anderson

Author:Brenda S Anderson [Anderson, Brenda S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vivant Press
Published: 2019-11-06T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The Caldwells arrived an hour before Erin had to leave for her appointment with Lurch, er, Lawrence Portsmouth. She was so grateful for that as Clara was being fussy once again. Thankfully, Mik was back in school, so there wasn’t whining in stereo today. Suffering through it this past weekend had been tough enough, and she’d been tempted to add a different type of wine to her day.

But now, she was getting away from the noise, and Clara did love her grandparents. Why Corey and that woman didn’t want her parents to be legal guardians made no sense. She found them very down to earth and loving. How they’d parented a witch like . . . that woman, she’d never know.

With Clara occupied, Erin dressed in the same suit from last week. The only good interviewing suit she owned. Even while working for the Beldens, the dress code had been more casual. Erin wanted to step it up a notch, maybe bring in a higher bracket of businesses. Attorneys were definitely in a higher bracket than the machine shop owners the Beldens typically worked with.

After dressing, she pulled her hair back in a bun and sprayed it with a stiff hairspray. Hopefully, it looked business enough. She touched up her make-up, keeping it light, then put on low-heeled grey pumps.

She studied herself in the mirror hung on her closet door. No wrinkles. On her clothes or her face. No random dirty spots. No hair trying to escape the bun, although by the time she arrived at her appointment, that would probably change.

Satisfied, she went to the living room where Clara played on the floor with her grandparents. Belinda Caldwell looked up at her and smiled. “You look fabulous dear, ready to change the world.”

“I don’t really need to change the world, just my own little corner.”

“You never know how changing that one corner will affect everyone else.” Belinda nodded and directed her attention back to Clara.

“Well, wish me luck.” Keys in her hand, Erin aimed for the side door.

“Auntie Erin, me, hug!” Clara jumped up, raced to Erin, and hugged her knees.

Erin’s heart pinged. Nope. She wasn’t going to fall for this child. No way. She patted the child’s hair while saying a silent prayer that her skirt remained clean. “Thank you for the hug, Lolli. You have a fun day with Gramama and Grandpops.”

“I wuv them.”

“And they love you, too.” Which was why they could be Clara’s guardians, if she couldn’t find Jon’s mystery woman. They were youngish, probably early fifties. Their daughter had only been twenty-five. The problem was getting Jon to see that they would be good for Clara. He seemed to have a chip on his shoulder where they were concerned. She’d been searching for a reason to affirm that chip but hadn’t found it. Truthfully, she liked the couple. And today, they were her saving grace.

Erin headed out the door with her proposal while double checking that her skirt didn’t have Clara fingerprints all over the bottom.

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