Everything Changes (Creek Canyon) by Catherine Bybee

Author:Catherine Bybee [Bybee, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Once again, Grace surprised him. They walked into a dimly lit bar with a woman playing the piano in the corner. By his guess, this was one of the finer places to dine in Santa Clarita. People were dressed up, and the bar was void of television screens. They found a table in the back, and Dameon helped her out of her coat.

When they sat down, he rested his hand on her arm. “I’ve been wanting to touch you all night.”

“I shouldn’t want the same thing,” she told him.

He kept her gaze. “Are you worried someone will see us here?”

“Everyone I know that would care is still at the party, not to mention most of them can’t afford this place on what the city pays.”

“But you know about it.”

“Well, of course I do. I’m single without kids. I’m sure you know the fancy places in the city.”

“And a few dive bars.”

“Nothing better than a good dive bar.”

The waiter came over, they ordered their drinks, and he walked off. “So, this is a place where you don’t know the staff.”

“You’re teasing me,” she said.

“It’s refreshing. I haven’t dated a woman like you before.”

“Oh? What’s your normal type?”

He wasn’t sure he wanted to answer that.

“I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours,” she said.

“You really want to know about the exes?”

She leaned over. “Scared?”

Okay, fine. “Her name was Lena—”

“Lena?” Grace sounded surprised.

“She was Greek.” He stopped there.

“Okay . . . ?”

“Now, you tell me yours.”

Grace huffed. “His name was Robert and he was a putz.”

“Define putz.”

“He played video games on his phone at family dinners.”

Dameon wasn’t expecting that. “Was this in high school?”

Grace rolled her eyes. “Last year.”

“It must have been serious if he went to family dinners.” Dameon couldn’t see Grace putting up with a grown man ignoring her family for a cell phone.

“Not with my family. We’re very open, and dinners with the boyfriends and girlfriends are a must.”

“Even as adults?”

“My dad’s an ex-cop,” she said as if that explained it all. “Tell me about Lena.”

A picture of the woman popped into his head. “Lena never met my mother. She didn’t play video games, but she spent a lot of time on her cell phone taking pictures of herself.”

Grace grinned. “I know that girl. I’m guessing she was a knockout.”

Should he lie? “She was easy to look at.”

“And always needed to be told how beautiful she was.”

He nodded. “Very insecure.”

“So what happened?” Grace asked.

“I don’t think this is going to paint me in the right light.”

“Paint it anyway.”

Dameon took a deep breath. “I was bored. We got along well enough in the beginning. As long as we were going to fancy places with fancy people she was happy. If I took her to O’Doul’s, she’d pout and act as if it was beneath her.”

“What’s O’Doul’s?”

“A dive bar close to my place. Great whiskey and the best fish and chips in the city.” He shrugged. “I never once had a desire to take her to meet my mom.”

“Well, you’ve already met Colin.

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