About Face by Haggerty D. E

Author:Haggerty, D. E. [Haggerty, D. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Humour
Amazon: B07TX42MKD
Goodreads: 51078773
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-08-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

A lady should always have an attitude of gratitude.

Hey, beautiful. Want to go see a movie tonight?

Ugh. No. I want to drown myself in ice cream and tequila. Not tonight.

Come on. It’ll be fun. I’ll let you pick the movie.

Not happening.

Too late. I’m here.

Ding dong. Damn.

“What are you doing here?” I demand of Brodie when I open the front door.

He smiles and shrugs. “Cheering you up by taking you out on a date.”

“How did you know I needed cheering up?”

His eyes snag on something behind me before he blushes and drops his head to stare at his shoes. I twirl around and – yep! – there’s my grandmother standing at the end of the hallway. She gives me a thumbs-up before ducking her head back into the living room. She’s such a meddler! How did she even get Brodie’s phone number?

“Look, it’s sweet you came here to cheer me up, but I don’t feel like going out.”

“Just go, Frankie girl,” Grandpa shouts from the living room. Is there no privacy in this house? “Lord knows you could do with some cheering up.” I may have been a little grumpy since I came back home from the city this morning, but it can’t have been too bad. “Finally, I can have control of the remote in my own home.”

Guess I’m not wanted here. “Fine,” I tell Brodie. “I’ll go.”

“Remember, she doesn’t have a curfew,” Grandma shouts. “Feel free to bring her back any time. Tomorrow morning is good.”

Oh my god! The woman is the bane of my existence. “Let’s get out of here before they try to sell me to you in marriage.” I’m still in the clothes I wore to the office, so I grab my coat and purse and I’m ready.

We don’t talk as he drives to the movie complex. Brodie glances over at me a few times, looking as if he wants to say something, but he keeps his mouth shut. Smart man. I am in no way no how ready to talk to him about the humiliation I suffered this morning. Not happening.

He parks about a mile from the entrance to the building. I glare at him. His response? He smiles. And is there a challenging gleam in his eyes? Date your physical therapist, they said. He’s hot, they said. It will be fun, they said. No one mentioned walking miles on crutches to get to a stupid movie you don’t want to watch anyway.

“What do you want to see?” I manage to wheeze out my question when we finally make it the ticket counter.

“There’s a new romantic comedy playing I thought you might like.”

I make a face of disgust. “Romantic comedy? What do you think I am? A girl?”

Brodie rubs the back of his neck as a light shade of pink colors his cheeks. “Um… yes? But we can see whatever you want.”

“I’m yanking your chain. I love romantic comedies. The cheesier the better.”

He chuckles as he buys tickets for the romcom. I pull out my wallet to pay my share, and he glares.

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