Architecture and Artistry: An Opposites Attract Small Town Romance (Green Valley Library Book 11) by Nora Everly

Author:Nora Everly [Everly, Nora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
Published: 2022-10-19T16:00:00+00:00

I was back at home.

Clara had driven the boys to school for me today. She must be at the gym since she wasn’t here.

I needed to get to work. Well, first I needed to peel my eyes away from the kitchen window. I was in a daze, standing there with the hazy sunlight beaming its rays of light on my face as I leaned with my hips propped on the inside corner of the counter staring into a hope-filled oblivion.

The indifference about my mother that had been edging out the hope I’d held onto over the years had blown away in the lavender breeze as I’d driven home from the farm, and it freaked me way out. I wanted her to try; I wanted to have a real mother. It’s what I’d always wanted from her since I was a little girl. But the thought of actually getting it someday was almost too much for me. My heart was no longer divided in half. It was teetering on the edge, about to fall.

My nose tingled and stung. My eyes pricked and I closed them against the tears and the bright light from the window. I wanted to go back and hide in the dark. Hope was scary. Had I just driven home out of a dream?

Dang it. What I really needed was Barrett. I wanted so badly to run to his house, straight into his arms, and tell him all about my mother, and my hope, and my worry, but I couldn’t do that. I was overwhelmed by my feelings. I was desperate to believe in my mother and aching to tell Barrett all about it. I knew he was working from home today. His garage door had been open when I got back, and his truck was inside. Forcing myself to stay here was nearly impossible.

I had told him I was okay with right now.

But how long would I have to wait to have him all the time? Whenever I needed him?

Argh! My little crush on him had blown the heck up. That tiny burning torch I had carried for him over the years was now a raging inferno about to burn me alive. Realistically, I could no longer refer to it as a crush without being a big, dumb liar.

This morning had been something else. I had so much to do for work, but I was frozen.

I came out of it at the sound of our garage door going up. Clara was home.

She entered the kitchen slowly, eyeing my tear-streaked face with careful perusal. “How did it go?” Her side-eyed question made me laugh. “Are you okay? What are we working with? Do we need to run out for more alcohol? Chocolate? A litter of puppies?”

“Clara, I don’t even know where to begin. I don’t know if my heart can take all of these changes.”

“Was it that bad?”

“No, it was so, so good. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen from her. We might have a real shot at a relationship with her—and it scares the hell out of me.

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