Fateful Waters by Jackie Anton

Author:Jackie Anton [Anton, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance adventure cowboy romance
Publisher: Jackie Anton
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

15

“Morning, Cinderella!”

Eve Parker’s cheerful voice hammered around behind her eyes like a wild miner with a pickax. An equally evil being glued her ridiculously heavy eyelids shut. Blind, hampered by lead arms and legs, she made a valiant effort to navigate the once familiar route to the small bath that she knew was attached to her room. OOPS! Hopping on a now throbbing big toe, she felt her way along the slowly materializing wall until she found the opening. Washbasin located, the cold water splashed in her face melted away the remnants of the sticky substance that the pain in her toe had managed to crack. Only semi-blind now, water dripping down what she was sure was her face, she groped in the vicinity of the towel rack. The figure staring back at her from the looking glass seemed to be in as bad a shape as she was. Mirror girl must have had a long, restless night too, and not found any sleep until well past dawn. She stared with mounting dread and a queasy stomach at the hand of the reflection still holding the small towel to her face. A diamond reflected the overhead light and sparkled back at Lexie. Slowly she gazed at her own hand, and there it was!

“Shit! It really had happened. Now what the hell are you going to do?”

She was cussing at her reflection when her mother returned, all bright-eyed and cheerful. An unsolicited audible groan escaped from somewhere deep within when she caught the cheerful face of her mother reflected behind her own horrified reflection.

“That must have been some shindig, Lexie. I do believe you are hung over.”

“Would you tone down the cheer? It’s giving me a headache. If you want to be helpful, see how good you are at removing the high-priced knots in my hair. Maybe washing it in the shower will send the rest of this nightmare down the drain.”

Eve didn’t say anymore as she undid the lovely braided work. Lexie’s reaction was not what she’d expected from her newly engaged daughter.

Nearly an hour later, closer to lunch than breakfast, Lexie made what felt like a grand entrance into the kitchen to a duet of good mornings. It was so weird. She wouldn’t be totally surprised if they were to break into song. The whole scene was otherworldly, and totally out of character. She got a glass of water to down a couple of ibuprofen, found a couple of oatmeal cookies on a tray—thawed reminders of her baking binge— and popped one in her mouth. Then she put a handful on a small dish, made herself a cup of tea from the still-warm ceramic teapot, and carted her sparse breakfast back to the table. Like lasers tracking her every move, their eyes had been on her ever since she entered the room. She sat at the table, attempting to ignore the goofy grins and concentrate on feeding her jumpy stomach. Finally, she gave up, and after a fortifying gulp of warm tea, she confronted them.

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