Evil in Carnations by Kate Collins

Author:Kate Collins [Collins, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Mystery
ISBN: 9781597229302
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When I got back to my apartment, Nikki was gone, the answering machine was blinking, and Simon was howling for food. “I’ll feed you in a minute,” I told him, as I shrugged off my coat and tossed it over a chair. “I have to check my messages.”

A minute was too long for Simon. He wanted food, not excuses. He tackled my ankle and held on, forcing me to drag him along as I limped across the living room. I pushed the Play button and heard Nikki’s lethargic voice: “Hi, Abby, I’m at my mom’s. She wants me to stay for a few days, but I guess I’ll come back tomorrow. . . . I should go to work. . . . That’s all. . . . Bye.”

Nikki really was depressed. She hadn’t complained about her mother at all. I erased her message and listened to the second one: “Hey, Sunshine, where are you? No one answered at the shop and your cell phone went to voice mail. Call me and I’ll give you an update on Miller.”

No mention of Gina phoning him. Maybe she’d forgotten about me. I erased both messages, then raced Simon to the kitchen to feed him before returning Marco’s call. But as I spooned cat food into Simon’s dish, I started thinking about what Gina had said.

Have you asked Marco how he feels about having a family? Did you know he’d like a large family? Has he mentioned his concern that if he doesn’t get married soon, he’ll be an old father? For someone who professes to have a good relationship with my brother, you’re sure in the dark about his feelings.

If Gina was right about Marco, I really was in the dark, because he’d never shared any of those feelings or concerns with me. If she was right, I was also in a bind, because I was in no hurry to get married and start a family. I liked being Marco’s one-and-only, and I liked my independence, too, not to mention I was just starting to make a go of my new career. I had a good thing going. Why mess with it?

I like you, Abby, and I think you’re a good match for Marco, but you need to fish or cut bait, because my brother needs to get on with his life.

If she was right about everything else, was she right about that, too?

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