A Perfect Question by Zoe Dawson

Author:Zoe Dawson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, college romance, bayou, bad boy, family romance, sexy NA contemporary romance, engagement
ISBN: 978-0-9861535-1-8
Publisher: Zoe Dawson
Published: 2016-01-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

BRAXTON

The first morning I woke up without River was disorienting. It took me a minute to realize she wasn’t next to me. Desolation paled in comparison to how I felt at that moment. It was a precursor to what I would feel for the rest of my life if I didn’t get my shit together and figure out what was wrong. I would die inside if she ended up leaving me because I couldn’t get to the root of this evil that kept me from proposing.

She should have been here sleeping beside me, but instead I’d driven her away. Yesterday I had to endure twenty questions from my disappointed and sympathetic brothers. My cheek hurt from drunk boxing, but instead of results, all I got was pain. It was nothing to the pain in my heart.

Trying to stay detached from my roiling emotions. I couldn’t figure out why right now, but I was pretty shaky, feeling as if my foundations had been rattled, as if my whole life was coming down to this decision, and I was failing. But that was my problem to deal with, not hers.

We were going to New Orleans today. It would be good to get out of the house and interact with my brothers, their wives, and Boone’s children. I couldn’t get enough of Duel and Henry, and watching them while they explored the aquarium would be priceless. It would also give me an opportunity to finally show them what I had created there. The Huckleberry Café was completely finished. River had worked so hard, helping me make it and the one in Lafayette a reality, as well as the two planned for San Francisco and New York.

I’d even found a very talented chef to run the one in New Orleans, and I planned to produce some of the TV shows there.

Mostly, I was going to do them out of Outlaws’ kitchen, because that was where I began this kick-ass culinary journey. Not surprisingly I was self-taught, since I’d always done what I wanted and everyone else be damned. I built a following with my sauces, was marketing them separately now with the help of River’s family, and from there it was an easy transition right into a local TV show, and then to the franchise idea.

My cell rang on my bedside table, and I picked it up to see it was Boone. I was disappointed. River and I had talked once since yesterday, but it was clear she was leaving me alone to find the answers.

“Hey, rise and shine. We’re going to be there in fifteen minutes, just as soon as we get this brood going. Are you ready for this?”

“Yes, I’m ready,” I said, chuckling.

“Duel can’t stop asking where you are.”

“Uncle Brax,” I heard Duel say in the background.

“Yes, it’s Uncle Brax.”

“Is he going with us to the uh-kware-mum-mum?”

He mangled the last word, but my heart turned over. I loved the little guy.

“Yes, he’s going. See you in a bit,” Boone said and hung up.

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