Crazy Old Money: A BWWM Billionaire Romantic Comedy by Kilby Blades

Author:Kilby Blades [Blades, Kilby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luxe Publishing
Published: 2019-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

The New Arrivals

Jada

“Encinitas,” Jada repeated for the fifth time to Uncle Peter. He cupped his hand behind his good ear and leaned in even closer.

“Say again?”

“Encinitas,” she repeated, a bit louder.

“Costa Rica?” he asked. It was his fourth bad guess.

Peter turned to his nephew for clarification. In the ten minutes since Marsh’s Uncle Peter had come in the room, Jason hadn’t left the man’ side. Jason also hadn’t once stopped thumbing the screen of his phone. He seemed to be browsing articles on Fox News.

“She’s Spanish?” Peter asked loudly, by then thoroughly confused.

“She’s from California.”

“She’s Mexican?”

“Los Angeles,” Peter said loudly, and slowly.

“Ah, Los Angeles!” Peter smiled as he turned his attention back to Jada. “Great town. Back in the fifties, I spent a little time there. You ever stay at The Beverly Hills Hotel?”

Jada simply smiled and nodded.

“I lived there one summer. We did some business with the costume shops at the studios back then. It was like sleeping on a movie set.” Jada’s smile widened as he leaned in. His hearing may have been bad, but his eyes were sharp and it was plain to see that he had an active mind.

“Grace Kelly, Lauren Bacall…all the beautiful women were there,” he proclaimed with a flourish of his hand. “You know how many times I drank with the Rat Pack? I can’t get into the details, but I once helped Elizabeth Taylor out of a precarious situation.”

Jada raised an eyebrow and nodded in approval.

“Telling cheeky stories again, are we, Uncle Peter?” came an English-accented voice from the direction of the doorway. The dull roar of all other talking stopped. Jason stopped thumbing. Minnie glared openly at the new arrival, who ignored her completely in favor of beaming Uncle Peter a warm, playful look.

Marsh’s mother was as chic as ever in crocodile pants and obscenely impractical shoes. Her hair had been expertly colored from its usual silver to stunning ombre layers of purples and blues. The dramatic bow on her plum-colored woolen coat made her look like Christmas had just come early. Jada guessed it sort of had—things were always more interesting with Marsh’s mother around.

Placing her cup down, Jada stood, eager to greet the woman and relieved to see a familiar face. Genuine smiles and hugs confirmed that Kate was loved by all. All except for Minnie, who received a kiss so perfunctory that Jada might have been embarrassed for her if Minnie herself hadn’t seemed displeased to be on the receiving end.

Second to last in line was Uncle Peter, who Kate gently commanded to keep his seat. “Looking better every year, old chap,” she said affectionately as she clasped his hands.

When Kate finally turned her attention to Jada, her smile widened by degrees and she enveloped Jada into a long, swaying hug.

“Radiant as ever, darling,” Kate murmured as they embraced, then pulled back and kept Jada’s hands in hers. “Is it any wonder that my son is in love with you?”

“I’m glad to see you,” Jada smiled just as Kate took her arm and began walking her toward the hors d’oeuvre table.

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