Between Him and Us by Nicole Richard

Author:Nicole Richard [Richard, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A She's Beautiful Novel
Publisher: Nicole Richard
Published: 2017-11-11T18:30:00+00:00

“So . . .” Lilly mumbled around a bite of pizza. She chewed her food then washed it down with a gulp of her beer. “Do you have any other secret talents I should know about? Were you a famous chef at some ritzy upscale New York restaurant?”

“No. I was an EMT, actually,” I answered casually.

“Really?” she mumbled again but finished chewing before continuing. “I can only imagine the things you’ve seen.”

“There definitely were some things I wish I could erase from my memory. But it was the most rewarding.”

“Is there anything you can’t do?”

“Hmm, let’s see.” I stared at the ceiling, acting as if I were in deep thought. There wasn’t a whole lot I couldn’t do. My grandma taught me a little bit about almost everything she knew. Even if it was something girly, she taught me anyway. I shrugged coming up empty. “Not really, besides giving birth, maybe. That I definitely cannot do,” I exaggerated for good measure. “Though, I have delivered a baby.”

“Really?”

“Yup. It was the first call I’d ever been on, and I was scared out of my mind.”

“Why would you be scared? I mean, if you chose that line of work, I assume you would’ve been prepared for just about anything.”

“So did I, until we got there. I had expected my first call to be a car accident or someone having a heart attack, not a woman going into labor. I don’t know why it scared me the way it did because it turned out to be a pretty awesome experience. Here this woman was probably in the worst pain of her existence and she was eerily calm. More so for someone who had never given birth before. Ten minutes of hard labor, and she was the proud and exhausted mother to a cute baby boy, who had the healthiest pair of lungs on him.” I chuckled. “That was also the most rewarding call I had ever been on.”

“There really isn’t anything you can’t do.” Lilly trailed off.

“Come here,” I spoke softly. Lilly scooted closer, closing the distance and I dabbed my napkin at the corner of her mouth. “Marinara sauce.”

“Thank you.” She set her empty plate on the coffee table and took a long pull from her beer. When she set the bottle down, she gave me a direct look and said, “We never finished our conversation the other morning?”

“And what conversation might that be?” We definitely didn’t get to finish the physical conversation we started before Aunt Millie interrupted us.

“The one about you leaving Sierra in New York.”

“It isn’t important. She’s no longer a part of my life, and besides, I would much rather talk about you.” Her smile wavered, causing her lips to press together in a slight grimace. I didn’t want to fill our time and conversation with talk of an old girlfriend, but if I didn’t give her something I was sure she’d never let it go. “Sierra’s priorities changed once she landed the modeling contract of her dreams.

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