Falling Into Love (Paradise Place Book 5) by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-21T23:00:00+00:00

15

A Big Step

Shannon was trying not to stress. She’d been ramming all day hoping to get work done. The first week of school and she’d had forms to fill out and lunches to make. Stories to listen to about Jeffrey’s new friends.

It was good and keeping her occupied for what was going to happen in a few hours.

“Mommy,” Jeffrey said when he ran in the door. Zoe had left to pick him up while Maddie stayed with her. It seemed to work better until Jeffrey could spot the car and make his way to Zoe. Right now Zoe picking up Jeffrey saved her the hassle of buckling Maddie in and out. “School was so much fun today and I got to play wiffle ball in gym. And I caught a pop fly and no one else did.”

“That’s great, honey. It sounds like you really like your new school.”

“I do. I love it.”

There was nothing better in her eyes right now. “Why don’t you go get a snack. I’ve got a little bit more work to do and then I’m done.”

“Okay,” he said and took off toward the kitchen where she could hear Zoe and Maddie chatting. She had a handful more emails to deal with and then she was done for the weekend.

When she finished with the last, another one popped up. She read the name Walt Carpenter and almost deleted it. It wasn’t an employee email. He was no longer an employee.

But she couldn’t, it wasn’t in her nature. And shouldn’t she know what it said anyway?

She opened it up. Hi, Shannon. How have you been? I know you moved. I’d seen the house was up for sale. You’re probably struggling with the loss of Tyler like me. The reminders of him. I’m trying to stay clean, but when I think of him and know he’s gone I just want to reach for the bottle. I was wondering if we could talk. Maybe just being able to talk to someone about him would help me.

She wanted to delete it but didn’t. For now it was a Friday and Walt had no idea where she was or what she was doing with her life. She didn’t want to reply, but he knew where to hit her hard. Maybe she’d forward it to John. Yeah, that was the thing to do.

When she was done, she shut her computer down and put work and everything else behind her. She was going to spend some time with her kids and then she was going to shower and make herself pretty because she had a hot date tonight.

Before she was ready to leave, Zoe pulled her aside. “I put a few condoms in your purse. Can’t be too safe nowadays.”

She felt her face flush wishing she’d thought of that. She was just assuming Ryan would take care of it, but she was still on the pill. “There won’t be any buns in the oven.”

“That isn’t what I’m talking about. You’ve only been with one other person.

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