Fat & Fine (Big & Beautiful Book 5) by Thompson Mary E

Author:Thompson, Mary E [Thompson, Mary E]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: BluEyed Press
Published: 2016-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

How did I not know that?

All our conversations and all the time we’d spent together he’d never mentioned anything about his father. Come to think of it, or his mother.

“What about your mom?” I asked, feeling like shit for not knowing anything about him.

“My mom died when I was two. I don’t remember her. Apparently I’m her spitting image. That’s what my dad always told me.”

Heather and Mark drifted away, sensing our need to talk. I was grateful for their consideration and made a mental note to thank them later.

“When did your dad die?” I asked, wondering who raised him.

“When I was 18. I moved to Winterville after that and Dave took me in.”

“Dave? Like Dave’s Gym?”

Brady nodded. “I had no money, no skills. Dave and I sort of ran into each other and he offered me a studio apartment in his basement. He taught me everything I know about the gym. When he was ready to retire he gave me the gym.”

“Wow, Brady I had no idea. I don’t know how I didn’t know all this, but I’m sorry I never asked.”

He shook his head. “Don’t worry. I don’t talk about my past very much, especially my parents. Besides, your world is a whole lot more interesting.”

I stepped into his arms and let him make me feel better about being so horrible. As he rubbed my back I realized how much I’d come to count on him in such a short amount of time. I’d barely thought about Addi or being so alone since I met Brady. Yet in the same time, I’d learned nearly nothing about him. He knew almost everything there was about me, and I didn’t even know his parents were dead.

I was a self-centered person. I’d never thought that about myself before but it was hard to ignore as we stood in the middle of my parents backyard and Brady comforted me after I found out he’d lost both his parents.

What was wrong with me?

“I’m sorry about your parents. Were you close to your dad?”

“No,” Brady stated with no emotion.

“Did he ever remarry?”

“No,” Brady stated again, but I could feel tension seeping into him. “This is about your family today. Let’s not ruin it with my past. It’s behind me. We don’t need to talk about it.”

I nodded in agreement but couldn’t help wondering why he was reluctant to talk about his past. Maybe it was just too painful. I thought about the scars on his body and worried I was right.

We joined my family again and Mom launched right back into her interrogation. “So, Brady, where did you go to college?”

College was, in my mother’s mind, a determinant of whether or not you were a decent human being. Just because a lot of the criminals my dad locked up were high school drop-outs my mom thought if you didn’t have a good college degree you were destined to end up behind bars.

“I didn’t go to college.”

Mom pursed her lips so tight they disappeared. At

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