First Love, Second Chance: A Secret Child Romance by Vesper Young

Author:Vesper Young [Young, Vesper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-06T16:00:00+00:00

15. Kara

I texted Mindy I’d be a few minutes late when I got home, then took the world’s fastest shower. My hair was nearly hopeless, so I tossed it in a messy bun. It was Sunday brunch. No one looked put together at Sunday brunch.

The bus schedules aligned just so that I made it almost on time. I found her at our usual table. We made a point to get brunch at least once a month together, more if we could swing it. Sometimes she came to my place, sometimes I went to hers, but when neither of us wanted to cook, we came to a fancy little place uptown.

She was dressed in pastels, which were an odd choice for winter, but fashion was Mindy’s slave, not the other way around. She looked good. Married life had been treating her well. A year ago she’d agreed to act as her boss's girlfriend, then wife, and hadn’t been able to confide in me. In the end, she and her husband, Deacon, had decided to stay together. He was good to her. And whenever he was in the room, she couldn’t stop smiling.

I headed over, apology on my lips. Mindy had doubtlessly gotten there early, but she assured me it was fine.

“And good morning to you,” she said with a smile. “You’re practically glowing. If I didn’t know better I’d say I had a strong suspicion about why you were late.”

My shocked look must’ve given me away.

“No,” she said with a gasp. “Ooh, tell me everything.”

Everything. Since it was Mindy, I did. She knew bits and pieces about Ryan’s dad. We’d met in college at the start of my sophomore year. We hadn’t been especially close, but she’d become my friend and didn’t treat me like I was an alien just because I was pregnant. She’d always been good about not judging.

“So he just showed up as your new boss?” she asked.

I nodded. “Isn’t it crazy?”

“Very crazy. And you haven’t told him about Ryan?”

I shook my head. “Does that make me a terrible person? I know he has the right to know, I just can’t make myself say the words.”

She gave me a sympathetic pat on the hand. “It makes you cautious.”

I blew air out my lips, sending some stray hairs that had drifted down flying. “Me. Cautious. I don’t know that Lucas could even recognize that side of me.”

“That side of you is a mother. You’re very protective when it comes to Ryan, and by extension your own heart.”

“I guess.” That did make sense.

“By the way, on the subject and all, how was becoming a mother?”

I shrugged. “You were there, remember?” She’d been one of the few people I could trust to babysit in a pinch.

Mindy sighed. “I remember it wasn’t easy. But I thought it would be good to hear your perspective now.”

I gave my friend a contemplative look. “Something changing?” I got excited. “Wait, are you pregnant?” It couldn’t be. She’d had a mimosa with her pancakes.

“No, no. Deacon and I have been, um, talking, is all.

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