Bygones by Lavyrle Spencer

Author:Lavyrle Spencer [Spencer, Lavyrle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Divorce & Separation, Family & Relationships, Stillwater (Minn.), Divorced Parents
ISBN: 9780515141153
Google: hySyzJ-QTr0C
Amazon: 0515141151
Publisher: Jove
Published: 1992-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

He ran two stop signs and braked beside some strange house and got out his marijuana. He had a couple of good hits. He was smiling when he either said or didn’t say, “The hell with you, Maryann Padgett.”

WHEN LISA SAID GOOD NIGHT to her mother and father at the restaurant, she gave Michael a hug. “See you tomorrow, Dad.”

“Absolutely.” He held her extra long, one of the last times he’d do so before she took another man’s name. “I understand you’re staying at the house tonight with Mom.”

“Uh-huh.” Then, at his ear, she whispered, “Keep up the good work, Dad. I think you’re makin’ points with Mom.” She broke away and smiled. “See you at home, Mom. Good night everyone!”

Michael hid his surprise, while Lisa went out the door with Mark. The rest of the Padgetts said good night and left. Michael and Bess were the last two in the place, standing near the door, dawdling, putting on their gloves, buttoning their coats.

“It looks to me like something-is cooking between Randy and Maryann,” Michael remarked.

“They’re a wonderful family, aren’t they?” Bess said.

“I thought it bothered you to be around wonderful families.”

“Not as much as it used to.”

“Why’s that?”

She gave no answer.

“You know what?” Michael said.

“What?” Bess said softly.

He’d intended to say, “I wish I was going home with you and Lisa,” but thought better of it.

Instead, he said, “I’ve planned a surprise for Lisa and Mark. I’ve ordered a limousine to pick them up tomorrow.”

Bess’s eyes widened. “So did I!”

“Are you serious?”

“Not only that, I had to pay for it in advance.”

“So did I”

They began laughing. When they stopped, Michael said, “Well, what are we going to do about it?”

Bess shrugged. “I don’t know. Split the loss, I guess.”

“Or treat ourselves. What do you say? Wanna ride to the wedding in a white limo?”

She grinned. “Only a dummy would say no to that.”

“Good:” He smiled, pleased. “Let yours take Lisa, and mine will pick you up. Four forty-five. We’ll get there in time for pictures.”

“Fine. I’ll be ready.”

They started toward the parking lot, walking at a forty-five degree angle away from one another.

Reaching their cars, they unlocked their doors and opened them, then stood looking at each other across the lot.

“Hey, Bess?”

“ llat”...gggreater-than It was a sterling, clear moment, the kind lovers remember for years after, for no particular reason except that in the midst of it, Cupid seemed to have released his arrow and watched to see what mischief it might arouse. “Would you call tomorrow a date?” Michael called.

The arrow hit Bess smack in the heart. She smiled and replied, “No, but Lisa would. Good night, Michael.”

To Lisa, spending her wedding eve in her childhood home seemed meet. Things were much as they’d been when she was a teenager. Randy was down in his roam with his radio tuned low. Mom was in her bathroom cleansing off her makeup. It almost seemed as if Dad would shut off the hall light, stop in the doorway of her room, and say, “G’night, honey.

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