Claire's Hope: A Contemporary Christian Romance (Love's Enduring Promise Book 3) by Chapin T.K

Author:Chapin, T.K. [Chapin, T.K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Branch Publishing
Published: 2015-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

That evening, after the children had went to sleep and the parents were still out on their date, I had the house to myself, well almost. Nick was about to leave to go pick up his girlfriend Sally from down the road. They were heading into town to go bowling and hang out with some of her friends she knew from her old high school.

Coming down the stairs from getting ready in the bathroom, Nick’s cologne was overpowering. It wasn’t a bad smell, but it was pungent. “Slow down on the cologne dude!” I said coughing.

“Gotta be fresh,” Nick said walking over to the couch. Peering over his own shoulder at the stairs, he asked, “Lizzy and Isaac go down easily?”

“Yeah, it wasn’t too bad… Their prayers are cute,” I replied.

“Oh yeah, you haven’t put them to bed since you’ve been here.”

“Yeah, the few times your parents have gone out I’ve been working.”

Nodding, he replied, “They are pretty cute prayers.”

Nick went into the kitchen and pulled out a water bottle from the fridge. My phone vibrated, it was a text from Nicole.

Can we talk? I don’t like us like this…

Sighing, I tossed my phone to the other end of the couch as Nick walked back in the living room, taking a swig of his water. “What’s going on?” he asked.

“Oh, nothing… just friend drama,” I replied clicking through the channels.

“Nicole?” He asked.

“Yep…”

He shook his head. “That can’t be good.”

“Yeah, we’ve seemed off for a bit now. Do you and Joshua ever get in fights?”

Choking on his water a little bit, he covered his mouth as he smiled and shook his head. “Dudes don’t get in fights. We might argue, but we drop it and move on…”

“Bet that’s nice,” I replied, glancing back over to the television. Landing on the cooking channel, I found a competition on. I loved the channel, but found myself watching less and less television. I lost most of my interest in television when I went full time at the call center.

Glancing at the clock over on the shelf above the bookshelf, Nick headed for the front door to leave. “Have a good night. I’ll be back late.”

“Have fun with Sally,” I said happily as he left. That kid was eighteen and had his life in order, far more than I did at least. Nick had already got into Western Washington University and was just waiting for graduation which was only a couple months away. He was going places.

“Will do,” Nick said grabbing the truck keys on his way out.

While I sat there and watched the television, my mind kept drifting back to my baby girl. Do I want her to grow up and be like me? I wondered as I stared blankly at the television set. The drugs, the abusive boyfriend… I wanted something more for her life than what I had going on lately. My parents were great, but I had to give her a real chance at life and not just let her blow in the wind like my parents did with me.

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