A Prospective Husband by Powers Paige

Author:Powers, Paige
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The next morning, Austin had woken up to see his potential life partner cooking for him. It wasn’t Jeanine, although they had gotten engaged about 6 months ago. Just yesterday, he was Caroline’s best friend but last night they had the potential to be more than that. He didn’t want to say anything out of fear of being awkward.

“We were pretty drunk last night,” Caroline said, while flipping pancakes.

“I wasn’t that drunk,” Austin responded trying to give her an inkling that what had happened the night before was not a mistake.

In fact, he had waited for it. He didn’t want to push things but they were almost 40. How long could they dance around their feelings? They had already done for more than a quarter of their lives then surely another decade wasn’t a big deal.

“We had four glasses. We were both a bit foggy.”

Caroline wasn’t trying to convince Austin. She was trying to convince herself. A part of her felt like last night was one of those beautiful dreams that she often had about Austin, and now that her dad was sick, the dreams had intensified.

“So since there’s a few people in your inbox. Come check them out.”

“What about this guy, Aussie?”

“He looks cool. Message him back.”

Caroline was trying again. Since Father Time and Mother Nature had intertwined so well last night, she hoped for a repeat performance on her tonight. She had no time to waste. She called Lizzie every day to make sure her stubborn father was taking his medication. Every time she called all she heard was Father Time in her ear again.

Austin insisted that he follow Lizzie on her date that night to be sure that she was safe. Besides, there were so many crazy people out there and Austin hated the thought of losing his mermaid haired Carrie to an axe murderer.

He wouldn’t follow them into a restaurant but he would at least drive behind them without her date being suspicious. He would dress in really pedestrian clothing and where a hat and some shades to keep a low profile.

“Sure, Aussie. Shades in the nighttime doesn’t look weird at all.”

“I’m keeping a low profile.”

“Khaki’s, a Tommy Bahama shirt and shades screams white island dude looking for his next date rape victim. Please change.”

“No, I look gorgeous. No one will recognize me this way.”

“Aussie, at this point even I don’t recognize you.”

“Talk to the hand. Come one Caroline, we’re gonna be late for our date.”

“OUR date? Austin you really are an ass.”

“Come on! Time to go!”

His name was Marcus and he wasn’t quite as handsome as what he seemed like on the picture. He wasn’t ugly, just not what she expected. The 37 year old Marcus on the picture had a 6 pack and a big white smile with short blonde hair. Marcus in person carried a round stomach and a few yellow teeth...Tick. Tock. Tick.

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