Drunk on You by Teri Anne Stanley

Author:Teri Anne Stanley [Stanley, Teri Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Distillery, Romance, contemporary romance, Moonshine, category, Teri Anne Stanley, Military, Road trip, Country, Marine, Soldier, Entangled, Love, Comedy, Kentucky, White Dog, Lovestruck, Survivor Guilt, Bourbon
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Allie watched Justin disappear into the men’s room, then plastered on her brightest nothing’s wrong smile and turned back to their new neighbors. “Was there firewood for sale at the camp office? I forgot to look when we checked in.” She somehow doubted she’d be able to get Justin to sit outside around the fire tonight, but she needed something to say to these people after he was so rude.

“I’ve got plenty. Just come over and get some—you can replace it later,” said one of the men. “But we’ll be having a fire over at Marty and Maureen’s lot later, if you want to come.”

“That’s very kind. I’m not sure—we’re pretty wiped out, but we may surprise you and show up.”

As the men wandered back to the cooler, Maureen gave her an apologetic smile. “I’m sorry, sweetie, I wasn’t thinking.”

Allie sighed. “It’s been two years. It was horrible. But it happened, and sometimes Justin acts like David never existed.”

“Oh, dear.” Maureen leaned against the picnic table. “Marty’s pretty on-the-table with his feelings, but he’s got buddies who never talk about things that happened.”

“And are they all still alive and functioning?” Allie had to ask.

“Some of them.”

They talked for a few more minutes. Allie never had a problem talking to new people, but Maureen was exceptional—one of those insta-friends that happen now and then. After her initial panic about a minister finding out she was sleeping in the same camper with a man she wasn’t married to—hence the lie—she’d started telling Maureen about feelings she hadn’t even shared with Eve. New feelings, about a beautiful, bighearted—and troubled—man she was starting to know all over again—or maybe for the first time.

Maureen said good-bye, and Allie let herself into the camper. Justin sat at the little kitchen table holding an empty glass, turning it in his hands.

Determined to ignore his stay-away vibes, she opened the cabinet above the table area and got out a bottle of Blue Mountain. “Do you want a drink?” She got herself a glass and sat down opposite him.

“No.” He blew out a breath. “Why did you tell them about Dave?”

She leaned back in her seat, surprised. She figured if he was going to berate her, it would be for telling everyone they were married. “It just kind of came out.”

“Oh, like, ‘Hi, my name is Allie, that’s my fake husband, Justin, and my brother died in Afghanistan’?”

She sucked in air and let it out, slowly. It didn’t help. “Yes, Justin. Exactly like that. I added a couple of shaky breaths to curry the sympathy factor.” It wasn’t like that at all. Maureen had told Allie that the group was headed for Arlington in a few days, and that she hoped she and Justin would stop by, too, to pay their respects to David.

“Great. Maybe you could invite a couple of those guys to chase me around and force me to tell them war stories for the next two days.”

“That’s a great idea!” she chirped at him, since he was determined to snarl at her.

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