Burning with Desire by Patricia W. Fischer

Author:Patricia W. Fischer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2017-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

As soon as Trinity took her hot chocolate upstairs to read, Angelica Marcos’s picture popped up on Gabriella’s phone as it rang.

For the first time ever, Gabriella wished the other person on the line was a pushy telemarketer. “Hello, Mama.”

“You make the trip okay?”

“Sí, it wasn’t bad. Just a sucky long drive.”

“Language, mija, language.” Angelica Marcos’s stern voice made Gabriella sit up straight and square her shoulders.

“It was a long drive, but it’s really pretty here.”

“Cold?”

“Very.”

“How’s my granddaughter? She happy to be away from that terrible girl?” The growl in her mother’s voice mimicked her own.

“I think the distance has helped Trinity relax a bit. She met one of her teachers today.” She took a sip of the hot chocolate. The creamy sweetness coated her tongue as the wind howled.

“You’re staying. For sure?”

“I’m staying.” Because I honestly have no other choice right now.

“Don’t you think Mr. Riley would give you your job back if you asked? You make so many families happy with your food.”

If you only knew the entire story. She hadn’t said a word to her family about the demands from her former boss. Her mother would blow her top if she knew. “Mom, I wanted my own place to grow. I’d done all I could there at Winston.”

Knowing she’d saved her family’s jobs gave her peace of mind and that she could live with, as long as Riley kept his word.

A few sniffs came through before her mother sobbed, “But I miss you so much. I don’t see your faces every day.”

“I know, Mama. I miss you too.” Hearing her mother’s voice immediately triggered a deep longing for home.

The low rumble of the heat kicking on reminded her of the frigid weather outside.

The overcast day was no spring in Texas. There were no flowers. No green on the trees. No warmth in the air. No bluebonnets.

Like it or not, it’s home now.

Her eyes drifted to the house next door. Through her kitchen window she could see Kyle’s lights were still dark, but her heart fluttered at the possibility of getting to know him better.

“Mama. Trust me, por favor?”

“I do, mija, but Montana is a long, long way.”

Taking a travel-sized bottle of chocolate tequila out of the cabinet, she gave herself a three-second pour into her mug. “But it’s going to be good.”

“I don’t like this, I don’t see you every day, but you are a good girl. Raise your daughter. Get her to finish school.” Her mother gave a long sigh. “Tell me what’s so great about Montana.”

As Belle snored and Gabriella sipped her spiked hot chocolate, she told her mother of the mountains, the town, the community service the first responders were doing on Harry’s House all while carefully omitting one particular person, not that it mattered.

“Trinity tells me your new neighbor is nice. Está buenísimo!”

Hearing her mother talk about her “hot” neighbor, made Gabriella laugh. “Si.”

“And his last name is Cavasos. Good Spanish name.” The smile in Angelica’s voice permeated the distance between them.

Great. My mother is monitoring my social life from over a thousand miles away.

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