Blue Roses by Mimi Strong

Author:Mimi Strong [Strong, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00K283O3U
Published: 2014-04-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Rory comes over at noon Sunday for our usual routine.

She sends me a message from the front of the main house, and I tell her to come around back because I’m still sorting my laundry.

She walks in the door cautiously. She’s got her big takeout cup full of coffee, and a box of donuts. Her eyes narrowed, she looks around the open space. Scowling, she walks over and checks the bathroom.

“I swear he’s not here,” I tell her.

“I can smell him.”

She opens the coat closet.

“He’s not in the closet,” I say. “Or in the main house. I promised I wouldn’t spring him on you before you’re ready, and I won’t.”

“Good.” She pushes back her dark, curly hair and ties it up with an elastic. Her golden brown eyes are still darting around the cottage.

I run around, retrieving dirty laundry from the various places I hid it before Luca came over.

“We did play Scrabble last night,” I say.

Her body tenses, but she doesn’t run. “And?”

“His board strategy is more aggressive than I’m used to, but I liked it.”

She looks down at her feet, her cheeks turning red. “I’m happy for you,” she mumbles.

I finish grabbing my laundry, and we walk over to the main house.

My sister Megan is home, doing some baking. The flower shop is closed Sundays, so this is the one day we both have off together.

Rory and I say hello on our way through the kitchen to the laundry room.

“Mom phoned from Italy,” Megan says to me. “The gossip about you and Luca has gone global.”

“Oh, crap.”

Megan grins as she punches down bread dough. “You know that game where people whisper things, and the story changes with each person it goes through? Anyway, Mom thinks you’re dating the leader of a crime family.”

“How did she get that?”

“Someone made the leap from motorbike repair to biker gang, I guess. She was threatening to come home.”

“I hope you talked her down. I will not be held responsible for cutting short her Eat Pray Love year abroad. No way.”

Megan snorts. “Sounds like she skipped the Eat and Pray and moved right on to the Love. She’s sharing her apartment with someone. A guy. She told me when they share the bed, it’s platonic and they sleep foot to head. I think what she really means is sixty-nine.”

Beside me, Rory lets out a strangled cry, and bolts away to the laundry room.

Megan stares after my best friend. “Is that still happening?”

“Be nice,” I say. “She’s trying.”

“Speaking of sixty-nine, how was your date last night? I noticed you pulled the blinds shut during dinner. That roast looked good. I was going to come over later for some leftovers, but I noticed the whole garage was rocking on its foundations.”

I smirk at my sister. “The cottage’s seismic upgrades were really getting a workout last night.”

“You’ve got a pretty big smile on your face. I’d say you were getting a good workout, too. Did he Roadhouse you against the wall? Or did he Dirty

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