Belle Pointe by Karen Young

Author:Karen Young
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Lately, dinner at Belle Pointe had been a totally feminine affair. Paige was okay with that because when her dad came, he hogged the conversation. Between him and the Dragon, nobody else said much. Not that her mom seemed to care. Paige wondered what had been going on in her mom’s head lately, but she didn’t plan to bug her about it since Claire hadn’t touched a drink in about five days—she didn’t want to mess that up. Maybe this time she would stick to her promise. That would be nice.

Since she was now a vegetarian, Paige loaded her plate with an extra helping of broccoli and just a dab of corn casserole. No way was she going to eat one of those chicken breasts no matter how good they smelled. As for the rolls…maybe. Big-time carbs there.

“What’s wrong?” Claire asked, looking at Paige’s plate. “Aren’t you hungry? Are you sick?”

“No, I’m a vegetarian now.”

Claire laughed, her eyebrows raised. “A vegetarian? Since when?”

“Since this article I read. Did you know that you can add like, six years to your life if you give up eating anything that comes from an animal?”

“I wouldn’t want to live that long if I could never have a steak,” Claire said, slicing heartily into her chicken breast.

“This is only my first day, but I’m not quitting.”

“Where is this new attitude coming from?” Claire wanted to know. “It can’t be from anything at the Spectator, since only a week ago you considered the time you spend there cruel and unusual punishment.”

“It’s interesting now. Your finger is on the pulse of a community,” Paige said, waving a half-eaten broccoli stalk on the end of her fork. “Journalists know everything that happens and everything that has already happened is in the archives. It’s way cool.”

“‘Your finger is on the pulse of a community?’” Claire repeated with open amusement.

“Definitely.”

“So, tell me something interesting that’s happening.”

“Well, for one thing, I’ve decided what to do as a career,” Paige said, chewing broccoli. You were supposed to chew a long time. Chewing was a basic human urge and you didn’t eat as much if you chewed a lot.

“And your career choice is…”

“I want to be a reporter. It takes guts and brains, but you get to go to a lot of cool places and be involved when cool stuff is happening.”

“I don’t know about going to cool places,” Claire said, “but I know one smart reporter, who shall be nameless, who definitely has guts. Could that be where you’re getting these ideas?”

One of Victoria’s elegant eyebrows rose as she sliced a sliver of chicken. “I assume that’s a reference to Anne. I’m very disappointed in the article she wrote. In fact, I wonder if she’s a proper role model for Paige.”

Paige was quick to defend Anne. “She’s a perfect role model. And it’s a lot more fun digging around in all that old stuff when Aunt Anne’s doing it, too.”

Victoria carefully balanced her knife on the edge of her plate and looked at Paige.

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