BLADE: A Sports Romance by Jenna Galicki

Author:Jenna Galicki [Galicki, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

“I need your help.” Amber didn’t bother with a greeting when she barged into her mother’s kitchen.

“Hello to you too.” Her mom stood with her back to the counter, her lips curled at the corners. She held a coffee cup in one hand and toyed with the length of her blond hair with the other.

“I hate to lay this on you, Mom, but I need to tell Dad something, and I really need you to take my side.”

A crease marred her mother’s forehead, and she slowly blinked. “You know I don’t take sides when it comes to you and your father. Not anymore. I’m done arguing with him, Amber. It’s exhausting.”

“This is different.” Amber took a seat at the kitchen table. “I met someone, and I’m in love with him.”

“That’s wonderful.” Her mom slid into the chair across from Amber with ease and grace, cradling the coffee mug between her delicate fingers, eager to hear more. “Who is he? And why do you need my help?”

Stalling, Amber helped herself to a cup of coffee and returned to the table. She took a big gulp, hoping the extra caffeinated beans her mother always used would give her a jolt of adrenaline. It did. Not that she needed it. Her nerve endings were twitching as if she stuck her finger into an electrical socket. “It’s Robert Blade.”

Her mother’s coffee cup landed on the table with a thud, almost making the liquid spill over the rim. “You really know how to push your father’s buttons. I honestly don’t care who you date. You know that. I just want you to be happy. But you’re the one who stood in that living room,” she pointed to it as if Amber didn’t know the layout of the house she grew up in, “with your hand raised like you were being sworn into the Supreme Court, that you didn’t go into physical therapy to be around famous athletes and that you’d prove it by never dating one.”

“I haven’t.”

“Is that so?” her mother quipped in return. “Isn’t that what started this whole riff between you and your father?”

“Once.” Amber raised an index finger. “It was one time. And it was a long time ago.”

“And look how it ended.”

“It wasn’t my fault.” Guilt burned in Amber’s gut and radiated up to her cheeks, which she knew were bright red.

“Of course, it wasn’t your fault. You were young. No one blames you.”

He does, and he’ll never forgive me. She flushed the thought from her head. She hadn’t thought about him in a long time and wouldn’t allow herself to. She didn’t care about him any longer so what was the point?

“Robert is someone I can see a future with,” Amber stated. “He’s not just some random guy. This is a serious relationship that I’m pursuing. Dad is just going to have to deal with it. Like an adult. Without throwing the past in my face. Without being vindictive.”

“I agree with you. But when did your father ever deal with anything like an adult? He’s a stubborn man.

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