Breaking Away by Tonya Muir

Author:Tonya Muir [Muir, Tonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781930928428
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: 2002-07-15T05:00:00+00:00

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It was the Thursday before Molly’s Christmas break and it had taken nearly all of Lacey’s patience and control to get the small girl ready for school and in the Grand Cherokee. Lacey had been taking Molly to school and picking her up since well before Bernie’s death. And though her lover had noticed and questioned her, she’d just shrugged and said she didn’t like the idea of Molly standing at a cold bus stop. Rachel had accepted the answer readily enough and thought it touching that her partner and daughter spent that time together. This morning, Molly’s reluctance was borne of her readiness for the two weeks without homework or tests. She’d dragged her feet until Lacey’d nearly picked her up and tossed her in the running vehicle, driving the few short blocks to the private school she and Rachel had picked out.

That had been another debate between the two women in the summer. Lacey wanted Molly to have the best opportunities and when she’d researched the public school district their zoning fell into, she was disappointed with the results. That’s when she’d started looking into private schools. The one she’d liked best was close and academically sound. Rachel, though very much interested in the idea of a school that would better attend to her daughter’s needs, was loathe to spend the kind of money the private tuition demanded. It took a lot of fast talking on Lacey’s part to get Rachel to submit the application and then attend the ensuing interviews until the girl was accepted. After that, Lacey was sure to intercept and pay the bills before Rachel had a chance to look at them.

Now, nearing lunchtime, Lacey was cooking something for Rachel. Her own business had been slow during this holiday month and she’d had time to be home a lot though she’d not taken advantage of it up until these last few days after their talk in the barn. She enjoyed getting Molly ready for school, most mornings having been easier than this one, and letting her lover study. Rachel had been upstairs preparing for a final since late last night.

“Raich, honey?” Lacey called up the spiral stairs. “Lunch is almost ready. Come down and eat something before you go.”

When Rachel entered the kitchen several minutes later, she looked weary and exhausted.

“You should have slept some,” Lacey reprimanded gently, steering the blonde to a chair at the kitchen table then presenting her with soup and a sandwich.

“Too much to study.”

“You’ll be tired for your exam,” Lacey said reasonably, filling a large mug with coffee and fixing it to her lover’s preference of sugar and cream. When she sat the mug down it barely hit the wood of the table before it was in Rachel’s hands. The smaller woman chugged the coffee like it was necessary to sustain life. Lacey smirked. “Would you like your caffeine intravenously, love?”

“Smart ass,” Rachel murmured before beginning her meal.

Lacey sat opposite her, taking a bite out of her own sandwich. “You’ll be fine.

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