Blissful volume 3 (New Adult Romance) by Wild Clarissa

Author:Wild, Clarissa [Wild, Clarissa]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-12-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

Amy

Jack’s been all tensed up ever since we stepped into the car to get to town. I’m not sure if it’s because we’re using my car now, and he’s missing his own truck, or if it’s because he’ll be meeting his sister in a few. Either way, he’s on edge, and anything I say could set him off. I’m not waiting for another binge drinking session again, so I decide to shut my mouth the entire trip.

“Daddy, can we go visit Uncle Benny?” Madeline says, and she leans forward, clenching the seat in front of her.

Jack groans, and lets his head fall against the headrest.

“We’re going to Karen’s bar, Maddy,” I say, to fill in for Jack. He doesn’t seem to want to open his mouth right now, except for the occasional annoyed moan.

“But I want to see Uncle Benny! I don’t like Aunt Karen. And I want an ice cream!”

Chuckling, I say, “It’s too late in the evening for ice cream.”

She puts up a sour face, so I try to cheer her up by distracting her with something else so she doesn’t start crying.

“We’ll go play the piano instead. Aunt Karen has a lovely piano. Do you want to play?”

Her eyes light up as though there are fireflies behind her sockets. “Can I?”

“Yeah, of course you can! Would you like that? We could play the piano together.”

“Daddy never lets me play the one upstairs.”

“Why not?”

“It was mommy’s …” she says, sighing.

Poor Madeline. I get why he doesn’t let her play. It reminds him of his wife, and I can see why it would hurt hearing that thing being played again.

“Oh, but the piano we’re going to be using is a special one,” I say, and I lean forward to whisper into her ear. “Shh, it’s a secret. Daddy can’t know. It’s our piano. Don’t tell him.”

She puts her hand in front of her tiny mouth and nods vigorously. From the corner of my eyes I can see Jack rolling his eyes, but his lips quirk up into a small smile too.

When we arrive in town, Jack’s face has grown increasingly tense. His lips are jammed together and his walk looks stiff as we leave the car. I grab his hand, which twitches as we touch. Skin to skin is calming him down, I can feel it in his grip. But his palms are definitely sweaty.

With each step we take his breathing becomes more ragged.

“It’s gonna be fine, don’t worry about it,” I say.

“I’m not liking this one bit,” he murmurs.

“It’s not too late to turn around.”

He stops in his tracks. “Yes, please.”

I chortle. “No, I mean for you only. I’m going in anyway.”

“Fine,” he growls.

Crushing his lips, he clenches my hand and proceeds to the bar with giant steps. It’s almost as if he thinks increasing our pace will make us leave here faster, too. Guess he’s just too stubborn to stay behind.

“Yes, daddy, it’s going to be fine!” Madeline says, and she smiles at him.

He scowls at me, and it makes me laugh out loud.

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