By the Book by Kay Lyons

Author:Kay Lyons [Lyons, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781953375063
Publisher: Kindred Spirits Publishing

Chapter 15

Claire rushed to wardrobe to change and then wadded the elegant dress and its bag in her arms for the mad dash to craft service and the van where her son should have been during shooting.

She got to the van feeling sweaty and chaotic and earned raised eyebrows from her father.

“Something wrong?” Tom asked.

“Uh, no. I was just rushing to get back here so I could help. I didn’t want to leave you alone for too long. Where’s Tommy?”

“Haven’t seen him. He went to watch you.”

She stowed the dress inside the van for safekeeping. The creator would probably see such a thing as sacrilege considering it probably cost more than the van itself. “Thanks. Dad, do you need me? I kind of have a headache. I think I’ll try to find Tommy and head home.”

“You go ahead. We have everything covered. Lunch rush is over.”

“Thanks, Dad. I’ll do better next time.”

“Not a problem. I’ve wound up an extra like that a time or two myself. It just means you’re in the business now.”

In the business? Hardly. “If you see Tommy, tell him to wait here and text me?”

“Will do.”

Claire left the van and meandered through the food area but didn’t see her son. From there she took advantage of the fact she was a face “on set” so to speak and looked around there to see if maybe Tommy had snuck past the guards.

She was starting to panic, especially when she hadn’t heard from her father, when she spotted someone sitting a ways down the beach. Her instincts put her feet into motion, and within moments, she was able to see well enough to know that it was Tommy.

She approached cautiously, unsure of his mood. “Hey. I’ve been looking everywhere for you. Are you ready to go home?”

“To Virginia?”

Oh, that didn’t bode well. “No. To Grandpa’s. He said we could leave if you’re ready.”

Tommy set his jaw, nostrils flaring as he tried to control his emotions.

“I want to go home.”

“Tommy—”

“He’s not Dad.”

“Denz? No, he’s not.”

“Then why did you kiss him?”

“You know why. You heard exactly what happened and how I wound up in that situation, and that kiss… It was acting. I got paid to do it. Quite a bit, I might add. Money we need right now.”

“I know what you’re doing.”

She dropped to her knees on the sand beside him and shifted sideways to sit. “What do you think I’m doing?”

“You’re trying to get rid of him. You sold all of his stuff. You’re gonna sell the house even though I don’t want you to. Now you’re kissing that guy. It’s like you’re glad Dad’s gone.”

“Tommy, no. That’s not true at all.”

“It didn’t look like a fake kiss.”

Because it hadn’t been. Not by the end. But Tommy wasn’t mature enough to handle such adult matters when it came to the enormity of the first kiss after losing a spouse, nor how Denz had made it special for her. “Denz and I… We tried to make it look real so we could get it over with and not have to keep doing it.

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