Betrayal: Brianna's Secret by Sofia Velardi

Author:Sofia Velardi [Velardi, Sofia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-04-10T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter VI

The next morning, Abby woke up in an empty bed. From the bright lights filtering through the drapes covering the floor-to-ceiling windows, Abby could tell it was mid-morning. She felt rested, but concern quickly invaded her thoughts when she glanced around the room and did not see Brianna. Abby got off the bed and went to look for her.

After not finding Brianna in the bathroom, Abby went searching for her. From inside the bedroom, Abby could tell Brianna was making breakfast because of the delicious smell of bacon that saturated the air. With her stomach growling, she opened the bedroom's door, and her eyes immediately flew to the open kitchen a few feet away.

She gazed over the long, black chrome counter that separated the dining room from the kitchen and found Brianna hovering over the stove and holding an oven mitt. Without making her presence known, Abby stepped closer and curiously gazed at Brianna from the other side of the long kitchen counter. She grinned at how adorable and domestic Brianna looked wearing a checkered apron tied behind her neck and back.

Sensing the presence of someone standing behind her, Brianna turned around. “Hey, there. You’re up,” she beamed before dropping the oven mitt on top of the stove and walking around the counter to meet Abby who was standing next to the dining room table. “How’d you sleep?” she asked.

“Good. Your bed is really comfortable,” Abby grinned, suddenly becoming self-aware of how unkempt she looked with her wrinkled clothes and her bed head while Brianna looked impeccable as always in a pair of khaki shorts and a tight white tank top.

While she felt embarrassed by her appearance, Abby was also glad and relieved to see Brianna looking rested and energized. Brianna radiated inner peace. Her ocean blue eyes were no longer clouded with sadness. That morning they sparkled.

Abby’s lips curled into the sweetest, most disarming of smiles at the sight of a happier Brianna. The tears that had soaked Brianna’s cheeks the night before were nowhere to be found. With the weight of her dark secret no longer crushing her spirit, even her step seemed lighter. Abby realized she had made a good decision by coming over the night before.

Brianna skipped back to the stove to check on something baking in the oven. “I’m glad you slept well. I slept well too. I’m making breakfast pizza. I hope you’re hungry.”

“Thanks, but I can’t stay for breakfast. I have to get going.”

Brianna pulled a baking tray out of the oven and dumped it on top of the stove before turning around. “Why can’t you stay? Do you have to work today?”

“No. Today is my day off, but I need to get home to shower and take care of a few things.”

Brianna walked back to where Abby was standing. She didn’t want her friend Abby to go yet. Just being around her, seeing her face, made her feel safe, comfortable, content. Brianna wanted to be around Abby for as long as she could.

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