Daddy Next Door by Kylie Walker

Author:Kylie Walker [Walker, Kylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kylie Walker
Published: 2017-06-15T18:30:00+00:00

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“Mia?” Asher watched at his beautiful girlfriend picked at her lunch and stared off into space. Something was definitely bothering her. “Baby?”

She looked at him like he hadn’t just said her name six times. “Huh?”

He smiled. “Are you okay?”

They’d been dating for a few months now. It was almost Thanksgiving and Lily had asked Mia to spend part of the day with them. He knew she was going to broach the subject with her mother the night before, but she hadn’t mentioned it. He wondered if that was what was bothering her now.

She gave him a small smile in return, but he could tell it was forced. “I’m good,” she said, poking at the salad in front of her again. Mia had a cheerleading meeting that Saturday morning. Football was over but she was cheering for the basketball team now. Asher had never been a fan of basketball before, but he went to every game now, just to watch her cheer. He loved to watch her dance and move and if he was being honest he would have to admit that he loved to watch her do anything. Today he had picked her up after the meeting and taken her to lunch. “Did something happen at the meeting that upset you?”

“No.” she put down the fork and looked at him. She looked miserable and he hated it.

“Please tell me what’s wrong. Did I do something?”

“No! Oh no Asher, it’s not you at all. I’m sorry. It’s my parents.”

“Your parents?”

“Yeah. I asked my mother what we were doing for Thanksgiving. She said we were having dinner at the club. I was appalled. When Travis and I were little they made holidays so special. Now that we’re older it’s almost like they are no big deal.”

“Why the club?”

She rolled her eyes. “Some politician is in town from D.C. He invited them because they made a big contribution to his campaign. It’s all for show as usual.”

Asher nodded. He understood the whole ‘keeping up’ thing. His own parents had been guilty of it for years too. Each time one of the neighbours remodelled, they did. The neighbours got a pool, they got a bigger one. The one good thing that came out of his mother’s illness had made them realize there were a lot more important things than money to him and his mom anyway. His father didn’t seem to find anything important any longer if it wasn’t seventy-proof. “Did you ask her about eating with us? Mom hasn’t been feeling well enough to cook, but our house keeper, Maribel makes a mean turkey.” Lily had always cooked their holiday dinners but this year she was smack dab in the middle of her chemo and she just didn’t have the energy for it.

Mia nodded. “I asked her. That’s really what has me so upset. She got all dramatic about it and told me I was choosing your family over ours. She tried to drag Travis into it and she wanted him to tell me I was ruining his holiday by choosing not to go to the club.

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