After It's Over by Alstead Michelle

Author:Alstead, Michelle [Alstead, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Two Sides-Same Coin
Published: 2014-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“Why don’t you let me drive?” Bianca dangled the keys to the Jeep in the air.

Ben paused in his search of the family room for his cell phone.

“Did you really just ask if you can drive my car?” he asked.

“Yeah,” Bianca replied.

She leaned against the back of the couch while Billie looked bored, standing next to the door to the garage with her backpack on. Ben took his keys from his oldest daughter and sighed.

“You’re fourteen, Bianca.”

“So? Madison’s dad takes her down to Price and lets her drive his truck.”

“Well, we aren’t from Utah. We don’t own farmland or allow our children to drive before the legal age.” Ben ran a hand through his hair. Between making breakfast and the search for his phone, he was going to be late for work.

I need to find my phone.

“Oh, so we’re talking laws now, are we? Because I’m pretty sure—”

“Should we get in the Jeep or the van, Daddy?” Billie asked.

Ben caught the angry glare that Bianca threw at her youngest sister. “We’re taking the Jeep provided Paige didn’t blow out the clutch.”

She just had to take my car.

“What does that mean?” Billie asked.

“Um, hello? I thought we were discussing my first driving lesson,” Bianca said. She folded her arms across her chest and gave her father an expectant look that irritated him.

This kid is going to either drive me nuts or make me gray. Or maybe both. Things were so much easier when Paige handled everything.

“Are you crazy? You driving? That’s just nuts,” Billie said.

“What’d you say, shorty?” Bianca demanded. She shoved Billie, who stumbled backward into the wall.

“Ow!” Billie rubbed her head.

“Knock it off, Bianca!”

“You’re such a little brat. You were an accident, did you know that?” Bianca said.

Billie’s lips turned into a frown and she began to cry.

“Was I an accident, Daddy?”

“Um…” Ben looked around.

I’m late for work, my youngest is crying, my oldest is glaring at me and I just realized I haven’t seen Bev since we served Paige breakfast.

“Where’s Bev?”

“I’m here,” Bev said. She sat up on the couch where she had been unseen. “We’re going to be late.”

“I know, I know. Has anyone seen my phone?”

His eyes went to Bianca. She tilted her chin slightly, widened her eyes and shook her head.

She always makes that face when she’s lying or covering something up.

“Where is it?” His voice had an edge; he was tired of Bianca’s constant demands over the last two days.

“I don’t have it.” She stared at him as if she were daring him to a greater challenge.

Was I this big of pain as a teenager? No, I was worse. Okay, what motivated me?

“Give me the phone or you’re grounded.”

“There’s a dance on Friday night. You can’t ground me,” Bianca replied.

Slamming his fist down on a nearby coffee table, Ben shot back. “I’m your father, I can ground you anytime I want.”

“You wouldn’t dare.”

“Oh, just try me.”

Billie’s tears and sobs came to an abrupt halt. The climate in the room changed. Billie inched closer to the door and Bev got off the couch.

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