Dear Neighbor by Oliva Lucas

Author:Oliva Lucas [Lucas, Oliva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B089T52SR8
Published: 2020-06-06T16:00:00+00:00

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When Bella’s alarm went off at 6am, she was already awake staring at the ceiling and listening for life next door. She got up and ran a hot shower, then put on a jug of coffee. She heard a meow from her front door and let George inside.

“Morning Georgie, at least you don’t hate me. Can you hang out with me today? I will give you all the cuddles in the world.” She picked him up into her arms and squeezed him tight.

She closed her blinds shut and switched on her laptop. This was a perfect day to close herself off from the world and bury herself in writing.

But that kiss, how could she forget that kiss.

She poured herself a coffee and cupped her mug to heat up her fingers. As she sat down, she heard the click of Sophie’s front door closing shut. Now she could finally switch off and get stuck into her work.

After being lost in her work for seemingly hours, she reached out to her cell, hesitated and then typed a message to Sophie.

“Hey, I just want to apologize again for last night and was hoping we could talk when you had the chance?”

She had ended the message with a kiss, like she did with most of her messages, but then decided to delete it. She didn’t want to freak Sophie out any further.

And now the waiting game. Will she or won’t she answer. Bella hated this. Sophie had sparked something inside her that had been dormant for years and she had no way of knowing how to turn this damn thing off.

As she mulled over her thoughts, her cell vibrated and she was shocked at the timely response. Except it turned out to be Leah. “Come down and visit me. I am dying.”

Bella rolled her eyes. After a few minutes of deliberating, she looked at George and scooped him up.

“Come on mister. Let’s go see your mama.” She grabbed some left overs from the fridge and headed down the stairs.

Bella knocked on Leah’s door, turned the knob and then called out as she peered around the door. “Leah?”

“Over here”. She saw a solitary arm lift up from the couch.

“I brought you some Thai leftovers from last night.” Bella walked over until she was hovering over her puffy, red face. “Oh, you look like shit.”

Leah laughed as she coughed. “You are supposed to be my friend. My grand idea of jumping into the pool has come back to haunt me. Bad cold. Don’t come near me. Sit over there. I am in quarantine.”

Bella smiled and stepped back. “Okay, okay germ ball. I’ll grab a stool.”

“Did you not sleep? You look like crap.”

“Yeah thanks.” Bella’s head started to pound at the temples. She knew she looked like hell.

“Oh, that’s right Thai, a special visitor. How could I forget?”

Bella gloomily looked to the floor.

“How was date night?”

“Ugh don’t ask. First off, it definitely wasn’t a date. And it was going great, until…”

“Until what?” Bella knew how to pique Leah’s interest.

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