Cinnamen by Andi James & Lila Wilde

Author:Andi James & Lila Wilde [James, Andi & Wilde, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Oliver

“Mom, I really don’t want to talk about it.” Like at all, ever.

Oliver had joined his mom in the family room, where she’d set up camp since coming home from the hospital, because he needed a distraction. He had a rare day off from the bakery, and all he’d done the entire morning was replay the events of the night before. It was hard to think about how well everything had been going at the club — to the point he’d even call it fun — until Daniel had to open his mouth and bring up his dad. Like he knew anything about Oliver, about what had happened. Like he had some right to talk about it.

His blood pressure rose every time his mind went there. But, no matter how many times he told himself to forget about Daniel, something about the man was stuck in his mind and he couldn’t focus on anything else.

Making an effort to get anything else moving around in his brain, he figured he’d spend time with his mom talking about work, and maybe fill her in on his latest restaurant idea. If nothing else worked, he was going to suggest they put on a movie marathon.

His plans never even got off the ground, though. In what his mom swore was “a complete coincidence,” she’d spoken with Daniel about an hour before he’d come downstairs. It was just his luck she’d apparently picked up enough clues in their conversation to figure out something had happened the night before, and she’d spent the last five minutes listening to Oliver’s account of it and accusing him of doing something wrong.

“Tough. Because we are going to talk about it. And you’re going to fix it.” She’d put on her best “mom voice” and “mom glare,” and Oliver knew from her tone there was no escaping this.

“Fix what, Mom? There is no rule that says I have to get along with Daniel. I tried, it didn’t work out, that’s that.” At least, that’s what he’d been telling himself since he’d left the club. If he concentrated hard enough, he could even sort of believe it too.

His mom looked at him, her eyes appraising him and making him want to squirm. “Did you really, though? Or did you walk away the exact second things didn’t go as you wanted them to?”

He sighed. He knew that was a not-so-veiled reference to how he’d basically run away from this town. She’d never come right out and say it, but he knew deep down his leaving had hurt her. If he had to guess, it was the biggest reason she lived for work, and for all the people she’d claimed as hers… like Daniel.

“What do you want me to say? Sorry I left and moved away and built a life somewhere else?”

She tsked. “Honey, you don’t have to apologize for that. All I want is for you to be happy. If that isn’t here, then I can’t do much about it, even if it’s nice having you around.

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