A Christmas Affair by Byrd Adrianne

Author:Byrd, Adrianne [Byrd, Adrianne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781408937013
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd
Published: 2011-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“So you think that this Lyfe guy is your father?” Amanda Hogan asked, twisting up her face as she leaned over Melody’s shoulder.

“He just has to be,” Melody said, flopping back onto one of Amanda’s fluffy pillows. She clutched two of her mother’s diaries to her chest and smiled dreamily up at the ceiling. “I never knew that my mother had ever been in love like this before. It’s soooo … unlike her.”

“For real,” Carrie Jones said dismissively. “I’ve always thought that it was more appropriate for her to marry her job.”

Melody sat up and felt the need to come to her mother’s defense. “All right. That’s not fair. She’s not completely a workaholic. She never missed a recital or school play. And somehow she still manages to check my homework and watch my every move like a hawk.”

Amanda and Carrie laughed. “Still sore that you got caught sneaking out of the house to see Robbie back in August?”

“I am,” Melody grudgingly admitted. “I’m only just now getting off restriction.” Another smile curled her lips. “But at least I got to see Robbie before he left to be an exchange student in Paris. So it was kind of worth it. Plus, while I was bored in the house, I was able to find her secret stash.” She sat up and glanced down at the diaries. “I thought my mother didn’t understand what I was feeling but after reading these diaries … she understands perfectly. She loved this Lyfe more than … life itself,” she cracked up at the small joke. “They were so in love.”

“Sounds to me like you’re practically willing this guy to be your father,” Carrie said. She grabbed one of the other books and started flipping through the pages.

Now feeling possessive, Melody grabbed the book from her best friend. “No, I’m not. I’m just facing the facts. Their whole love affair fits the timeline to my birthday.”

Carrie continued to look unconvinced. “They only did it that one time. Who’s to say that she didn’t come to New York and shack up with a new boyfriend?”

Melody laughed at the ludicrous thought. “Are you kidding me? My mother is not the type. Heck. Rowan James is the first real boyfriend that I’ve even known her to have.” She opened her mother’s journals again. “No. There’s no mention of another guy in here the year I was born. This Lyfe Alton has to be him.”

“What has your mother ever told you about your father?”

Melody’s shoulders drooped. “Only that things hadn’t worked out between them and that one day when I’m older she’ll tell me all about him.” She started hugging the books again. “Now she doesn’t have to.”

Amanda sighed. “Well, if you ask me, none of what you’ve read to us sounds like your mother. She’s so no-nonsense, and she’s always running five minutes late for everything with a phone attached to her ear. In those diaries, she sort of sounds like … us.”

Melody nodded. Inwardly she acknowledged that since she had started reading these diaries, she’d felt closer to her mom.

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