Damage Control (Stepsisters Book 9) by Katt Ford

Author:Katt Ford
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

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When Morgan pulled into the driveway, she and Gwen exited the car totally silent. They walked side by side up to the front of the house, and Morgan pulled the door open for Gwen, gesturing for her to go inside.

“Thanks,” Gwen said softly as she stepped past the other girl, and Morgan just gave a soft grunt in response.

As the two stepped into the house, they could hear their parents talking in the kitchen. The two quietly toed their shoes off and started to make their way to the stairs, but before Morgan’s foot even brushed the bottom step Gwen’s mom suddenly called out, “Girls? Is that you?”

Gwen winced and shot Morgan an apologetic look, like she was trying to say sorry for how good at hearing her mother was.

“Yeah, Mom, it’s us!” she yelled back. “But we’re kinda beat, so we’re just going to go to bed, I think.”

"Well, come into the kitchen for just a second, at least. There's something Rick and I want to talk to you about."

Gwen and Morgan threw each other a look, each shrugging.

“Any ideas?” Morgan whispered as the two walked down the hallway towards the kitchen.

Gwen shook her head.

“Honestly, I’ve no idea.”

Her mom and Rick were sitting at the kitchen table, two steaming mugs of tea in front of them. Her mom looked up and smiled at them, and Gwen immediately let out a sigh of relief, though she could feel Morgan still tense beside her. But she knew they had nothing to worry about, not really. Her mom, bless her, could never hide her emotions. If she was smiling at them, there was nothing they really had to worry about.

“Your father and I wanted to talk to the two of you about how well you two have been getting along lately,” she started, and Gwen’s heart immediately sank to her feet.

Fuck, okay. Maybe they did have something to worry about.

“You’ll both be going back to Boston soon, and we should have a serious conversation about you two possibly living together, like we talked about before.”

Gwen’s shoulders loosened as she let out an audible sigh. She glanced at Morgan from the corner of her eye, who looked just as relieved as Gwen felt. She looked back at their parents, and saw Rick was staring at her, his eyes narrowed slightly and his jaw clenched. Gwen stared back at him. She hated this standoff between the two of them, had no idea where it was coming from. But something was happening between Morgan and her tonight-- something important, something big, she could feel it-- and she wasn’t going to let him distract her from it. She looked back at her mom.

“We don’t have to talk about it today,” she was saying as her eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them. “You two look beat. But start thinking about it, okay? Whatever you decide, we should start getting ready for it and figuring it out.”

"Sure, mom," Gwen said quickly, seeing an out and seizing it.

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