Dark Operative_The Dawn of Love by I. T. Lucas

Author:I. T. Lucas [Lucas, I. T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FOLLOW I. T. LUCAS ON AMAZON
Published: 2018-05-01T16:00:00+00:00

28

Turner

“Dinner at Roni’s. I would’ve never expected it.” Exiting the car, Bridget tossed her hair back and smoothed her skirt down.

“You look beautiful.”

“Thank you. I still feel a bit uncomfortable about Roni inviting us over and having Ruth cook for us. If it were Sylvia, it would have been okay, but her mother? She is not their maid.”

Turner took her hand. “From what I understand, Sylvia can’t cook, and Ruth is more than happy to do it for them.”

Bridget shook her head. “Poor woman.”

“Why would you say that?” Turner held the elevator door open for Bridget, hitting the button for Roni’s floor when she was safely inside.

“She cooks for them as an excuse to be close to Sylvia. She doesn’t have anyone else in her life.”

“Isn’t that true for most clan members?”

“Unlike the other clan members, Ruth doesn’t socialize. She doesn’t hang out with anyone or go out to clubs. Until getting the job at Jackson’s café, she never worked outside the house. It was fine to be a stay at home mom when Sylvia was growing up. Ruth dedicated all of her energy to raising her daughter, which was admirable. But now she is an empty-nester and has nothing to fill the void with.”

Sounded a lot like the flip side of his life until he’d met Bridget. He’d had a fulfilling job but no family and no friends. Ruth had a family, but no calling other than motherhood, and no friends either.

“I can sympathize.” He knocked on the door.

Roni opened the way. “Hey, guys. I hope you’re hungry. Ruth prepared a feast fit for a king.”

Turner handed him the wine bottle he’d bought on the way. “I hope it goes with whatever Ruth made.”

“I’m sure it will be all gone before we are done loading our plates.” Roni took the bottle. “But no worries, I got more.”

“Hi, you guys.” Sylvia hugged Bridget and offered her hand to Turner. “Let me introduce you to my mom.”

Even though Turner should’ve expected it, he was still taken aback by the mother looking no older than the daughter. She was slimmer and shorter than Sylvia, but the coloring was identical. The same wavy brown hair, and same eyes. But where Sylvia’s were full of confidence, Ruth’s darted nervously around.

She offered him her hand. “It’s nice to meet you. Roni talks about you all of the time.”

Doing his best to put her at ease, Turner smiled and shook her hand gently. “He talks a lot about you too, raving about what a great cook you are.”

A faint blush crept up her cheeks. “I like feeding Roni. He has a good appetite.”

Roni clapped Turner’s back. “I’m hungry. Let’s eat.” He motioned for them to follow him to the table.

Sylvia chuckled. “Since his transition, Roni is always hungry. He is lucky my mom feeds him. He would’ve either starved on my cooking or subsisted on sandwiches from the vending machines in the café.”

Turner pulled out a chair for Bridget. “My lady?”

“Thank you.”

Roni copied the move and pulled out a chair for Sylvia, but she shook her head.

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