Black Ties and Lullabies by Jane Graves

Author:Jane Graves
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2011-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Bernie held out her phone, staring at it with confusion. Jeremy wasn’t with Madeline after all? That made no sense. Anytime a tall, incredibly gorgeous blond popped up on his radar, he always went in for the kill. And given the way Madeline had been hanging all over him at that event, the two of them getting horizontal together should have been a foregone conclusion.

“Hey, lady!”

Bernie spun around, suddenly realizing that as she’d been talking to Jeremy, the man at the drive-thru window had been trying to get her attention.

“That’ll be seven eighty-five,” he said.

Bernie tossed her phone aside and dug through her purse to come up with a ten. She handed it to the man. He gave her change, then passed her the sack through the window.

“Thanks for coming to Dave’s,” he said with a smile. “Have a nice evening.”

Bernie put the sack in the seat beside her and drove away from the window, feeling dumber than she ever had in her life. The green neon “Dave’s Hamburgers” sign reflected off the hood of her car, taunting her with just how ridiculous she’d sounded when she’d talked to Jeremy at the museum. A date with Dave? Had she actually told him that? Just the thought of it made her want to hide her head in shame.

She didn’t know why she’d done it. She only knew that the moment she saw Jeremy with Madeline, she quit being rational. She imagined going home alone, right after stopping to pick up her favorite comfort food for the evening. Ever since her morning sickness had subsided, she’d had the appetite of a nutritionally challenged lumberjack, which meant that while Jeremy was making love to Madeline, Bernie would be making love to a double burger with cheese, an order of tater tots, and a chocolate shake.

Good Lord. How pitiful was that?

But now, it appeared, he wasn’t with Madeline after all.

She swung back onto Park Boulevard and headed for Jeremy’s house, feeling pretty good about that. Then again, if he wasn’t with Madeline tonight, there was always tomorrow night. And if not Madeline, there was always some other woman. Jeremy would spend the rest of his life in the arms of one beautiful blond after another, and what would Bernie have?

Endless lonely evenings with nothing but fast food to keep her warm.

Ten minutes later, she was knocking on Jeremy’s door. He answered quickly and motioned for her to come into his living room, talking as they walked.

“I’m sorry to interrupt your evening with… what was his name again?”

“Dave,” Bernie said, and swore she felt her nose grow.

“What did you say his last name was?”

“I didn’t say.”

“What is it?”

“What is it? It’s, uh… Berger. Dave Berger.”

And just like that, her nose grew another inch and her pants caught fire. She was definitely going to hell for lying.

“Where did you meet him?” Jeremy asked, motioning her to the sofa.

She sat down, wishing he’d shut the hell up about it. “At a restaurant.”

“How long have you known him?”

“Not long.

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