Broken Open by Lauren Dane

Author:Lauren Dane [Dane, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, General
ISBN: 9780373779352
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-11-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“TUESDAY, BABE, YOUR phone is ringing.” Paddy said this as he wandered past, dropping said phone in her lap.

She’d been so wrapped up in how Ezra’s forearms looked as he shuffled a deck of cards she hadn’t even heard her phone.

But this was a call she couldn’t get away with ignoring.

Tuesday slid her finger along the screen, answering. “Sorry about that! I wasn’t near my phone when it started ringing.”

Her mom wasn’t having any excuses. “I expected you to call this morning. We left a message last night.”

What could Tuesday say? I could have called you back but my boyfriend was probably fucking me from behind while he held my wrists and snarled at me about how gorgeous my ass was when you called the first time.

“I’m sorry.”

Her mother accepted the apology and once it had been offered genuinely, she moved on. “I’m calling to see what you want me to make for dinner next weekend.”

Oh crap. She’d totally forgotten about her birthday dinner at her parents. She was totally going to hell for that.

“How about butter chicken?” Time-consuming, Tuesday knew, but her mother considered every child’s birthday dinner to be worth a great deal of effort and planning. She was a scary machine sometimes.

Her father hooted in the background. “You owe me twenty bucks!”

“I do?” Tuesday asked. “Hang on a second,” she told her mother and then looked toward everyone else as she got up. “Excuse me.”

Tuesday headed to the kitchen. “I was in a room with several people. I needed to excuse myself.” Talking on the phone in the company of other people was one of Tuesday’s pet peeves. Which she got from her mother.

“You don’t owe me a twenty, sweetie pie. Your mother does. I told her you’d head straight to butter chicken. Your mom figured you’d ask for something easier to make and she’d have to talk you into butter chicken. My baby girl is herself again. She knows how to ask for what she wants. Isn’t that what I said, Di?”

“That’s exactly what he said. I said of all six of my children you were the one who always tried to put everyone else first. I already have an order in for the chicken. I’ve got potatoes and cauliflower for aloo gobi and I bought some mango chutney at the farmers’ market last weekend. Can you pick up naan on your way up?”

In the span of a six-minute phone call her mother had chastened her for not paying proper attention and then she’d complimented her and also underlined for Tuesday how much her parents loved her.

“You’re like the Jedi Lord of mothering. You know that, right?”

Diana laughed, clearly touched. “That’s a good one. I’m going to have to add it to the list. Thank you, baby. I sure do love you.”

“Love you, too.”

“Going to be a full house. GJ and Alana, Shawn and Tisha. All the kids.”

Her older brothers and their families lived in Seattle. She saw them frequently as her niece and nephews

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