Extra Innings by Stevens Lynn

Author:Stevens, Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-73261-340-9
Publisher: Siren Press Publishing
Published: 2018-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Daniel waited outside for me as I parked in front of his house. He tossed a duffel over his shoulder and strolled to the car.

“I have some bad news and some good news,” I said as soon as he opened the door. “Bad news first?”

He settled in the seat and tugged at his seatbelt. “Shoot.”

“We’re getting ambushed.”

His head shot up just as the seatbelt locked in place with a loud click. “Excuse me?”

“This whole dinner with my mother thing is actually a ‘surprise’ party.” I hadn’t bothered to put the car into drive yet. He could’ve backed out and I would’ve totally let him.

“And?” he asked.

“My mother invited Andrea.” Maybe I’ll wait on the Theo and Erik thing until we’re almost there.

“Nice.” He leaned across the console and kissed my cheek. “Guessing she doesn’t know that Andrea’s with Theo now.”

I did a quick shoulder check and pulled onto the street. “Nope, she just heard we had a falling out.”

“So much for the gossip in Hillside.” He switched the radio off. “Who else?”

Crap. I stayed focused on the road and told him the partial truth. “And she invited Erik.”

“The jackass from the party?” His hands clenched into fists on his lap.

“The very same.”

He smashed his head back into the headrest. “This can’t get worse.”

“Oh, wait,” I said, deciding to just tell him and get it over with. “She also invited Theo.”

“Are you kidding me?”

I shook my head.

He put his hand on the door and unbuckled his seatbelt. “Let me out. I’m not going.”

I kept driving, hoping he was joking. “You’d leave me alone with those people? And their parents?”

“They are your ‘friends’.”

I took a deep breath to stay calm. “Which brings me to the good news.”

“How can there be good news?” His hand was still on the door.

“We’re going to pick up Adam and Heather.”

He let go. “Really? Why?”

“Yes really. I figured they’d make a good buffer. We can hang with them and ignore the other crap. If all else fails, we also have some back up if Erik or Theo try to start anything.”

“I don’t like this, Vic.” He put his seatbelt back on.

“Neither do I.” I reached across the console and squeezed his knee. “Just be glad Grandma warned me after she talked to my mom.”

“Your grandma’s cool. Is she going to be there?”

“Yeah.” I smiled knowing that Grandma would be another buffer. We might be safe after all.

He smirked. “Is Charles coming?”

“Not that I know of.” The thought of Grandma bringing Charles to Chez Hudson almost made me laugh. “Is it that obvious that they’re into each other?”

He laughed. It was good to hear since I expected I’d get gloomy Daniel all night. “About as obvious as we were.”

Heather and Adam waited for us outside Hansen’s. Each had their own bag with a change of clothes. Adam wasn’t too keen on coming along until I explained the whole Theo-Andrea thing in full. Then he had no problem with it.

Adam and Daniel argued about some local band I’d never heard of on the way to my mother’s.

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