Chasing Olivia by Micalea Smeltzer

Author:Micalea Smeltzer [Smeltzer, Micalea]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

A few hours later, we left the store and I was the proud new owner of the latest iPhone. My previous phone had been a cheap touchscreen that didn’t at all compare to this.

“I think I’m in love,” I gasped, playing with the settings.

Trace chuckled, starting the car. “Should I be jealous?”

“Maybe,” I smiled, setting a picture of us as my wallpaper.

“So,” he started, “I was thinking…”

“Yeah?” I prompted, when he trailed off.

“You agreed to sing with me at the bar the other night, but since…well…you know,” he growled, “that fucker pushed—”

“He didn’t push me,” I interrupted.

“Well, he might as well have,” Trace snapped. “Anyway,” he cleared his throat, softening his tone, “I thought you might sing with me tonight. There’s a coffee shop not too far from here that has live music and patrons can sign up to sing.”

“How do you find these places?” I asked incredulously.

“I saw it this morning when I went to get you Starbucks. Soooo? What do you say?”

I frowned. I didn’t really want to sing. But the jerk was pouting and giving me puppy dog eyes. Besides, I had agreed the other night.

“Fine,” I tossed my hands in the air. “I’ll sing.”

“That didn’t take much convincing,” he smiled, pleased with himself.

“Yeah, well, don’t make me regret it,” I crossed my arms over my chest, taking in the small town as we drove through. It was cute and quaint, kind of reminding me of home. “Are we going back to the hotel?”

“Nah,” he shook his head. “Thought we’d drive around for a bit. Get some lunch. See the sights.”

“What sights?” I replied sarcastically.

“There are unique things in any place,” he poked my cheek to annoy me. “You just have to know where to look.”

“And somehow you know how to find these places? Does Dora teach you how to find them?”

He threw his head back in laughter. “First off, Dora is highly educational and I like to brush up on my Spanish. Secondly, I can sing the backpack song better than anyone. Thirdly,” he held up three fingers, “I happen to be a very awesome explorer.”

“You—ugh,” I groaned, at a loss for words. Trace truly was one of a kind. When we had kids one day, they were going to have the coolest dad ever.

“Have I rendered you speechless?” He scratched his stubbly jaw. “It’s okay. It happens to a lot of people. They don’t know how to handle all of this,” he motioned a hand to his body. “Don’t worry. I’ll give you a minute to compose yourself,” he smiled boyishly.

I put my hand over my mouth to hide my smile.

A few minutes later he found a parking spot along the street and parked the car. He hopped out, rifling through the pocket of his ratty jeans for some change to put in the meter.

When the meter was full, he took my hand and we started down the street, ambling in and out of the little shops.

“Let’s go in there,” I pointed to a unique looking little store that had quote plaques in the window and handmade paper stars.

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