A Billionaire's Love: The Sherbrookes of Newport Novella by Christina Tetreault

Author:Christina Tetreault [Tetreault, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christina Tetreault
Published: 2020-12-07T18:30:00+00:00

Six

Although still in elementary school, Reese had reached a point where she missed a lot when not in class, so Taylor preferred not to dismiss Reese early from school. Today there had been no way around it. The laboratory didn’t offer evening appointments, and the first early morning one they had available wasn’t for another week. Since she refused to wait until then to bring Reese in for a cheek swab, she took the first opening they had, a two o’clock appointment Monday afternoon.

“Why did you pick me up early, Auntie?” Reese asked as they exited the building and walked toward the school’s parking lot.

“Because we’re going to Boston.”

During breakfast, Taylor let Reese know she’d be picking her up from school so that they could go into Boston. She hadn’t gone into all the details of why. While highly unlikely, she’d hoped Reese wouldn’t ask for more information.

Reese tossed her backpack in the car and then climbed in after it. “I know. You told me that. But why? Are we doing something for the wedding?”

When Taylor and Curt looked at the Harbor House, the establishment they’d picked for their wedding reception, they’d taken Reese with them. She’d also taken Reese along when she’d gone shopping for the bridesmaids’ dresses. Given those two things, Reese’s guess now made perfect sense. And she wished the wedding was the reason for their trip into the city this afternoon.

Putting the car in reverse, she checked the rearview mirror before backing out of the parking spot. “No, we’re not doing anything for the wedding. We have an appointment at a lab.”

Silence came from the back seat, and Taylor mentally kicked herself for not giving Reese all the details either last night or this morning over breakfast, because the lack of chatter meant Reese was thinking. When Reese started thinking, questions or comments soon followed.

“Is it a lab like the one next to Dr. Baker’s office?”

“Similar but not exactly the same.”

The laboratory next door to Reese’s pediatrician collected blood and urine samples and ran tests for all the physicians in the complex. Although they served different purposes, both facilities collected samples and conducted tests, which meant Taylor wasn’t lying.

More silence filled the car. This time, though, it didn’t last quite as long.

“Is there going to be a needle?” Reese asked. “I don’t want anyone taking my blood.”

Like most children, Reese hated getting shots. In fact, Taylor had to hold Reese on her lap whenever she got a vaccine at the doctor’s office. During her last physical, though, Dr. Baker had sent Reese over to the lab for routine blood work. It wasn’t an event either of them cared to remember or go through again.

“No needles.”

“Promise?”

“I promise. You won’t see any needles, and no one will take your blood. If you want when we’re done, we can stop at Ambrosia before we go home.”

Reese loved stopping at the Ambrosia Café located in Boston. Actually, she enjoyed stopping in any of the Ambrosia Cafés, but the one in Boston was the closest to them since the other two were both in Rhode Island.

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