Foster to Family by M.L. Pennock

Author:M.L. Pennock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: KDP
Publisher: Miranda L. Pennock
Published: 2023-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

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I do not drink coffee. Ever. I just never developed the taste for it.

This morning, I’m giving it another try. If I don’t get myself woken up, I’ll never survive my shift at work and then at Evie’s baking tonight.

“What’s in the cup?” Maggie pops the “p” on cup and I know she’s digging for information. I never bring a morning beverage with me to work, so she’s right to be suspicious. The thing is, I didn’t tell her I was having dinner with Fisher last night, so I could potentially lie about why I’m so tired. She’d have to believe me.

One problem, though. I don’t lie if I can help it. It’s a bad habit to get into and just snowballs into oblivion. No, thank you.

“I decided to give coffee a chance. It’s not as disgusting as I remember it being, but it could be because I added about nine packets of sugar and filled the mug halfway with milk,” I say.

It’s not a lie. I really did put that much crap in the cup. I just don’t tell her Fisher made me try his cup of black coffee which is what prompted the need for so much extra.

“Gross,” she says, wrinkling her nose. “You’re going to be more wired and crash from the sugar than you would from any caffeine.”

“Yeah, well I needed something to wake me up. It was a late night,” I say.

I could hear a pin drop with how quiet the room is suddenly.

“I was business planning and trying to come up with a marketing strategy,” I say.

Again, not a lie. After all the amazing kissing last night, Fisher and I did so much more talking. Honestly, I was surprised when we didn’t run out of things to talk about between his family, my families, both our business aspirations, favorite foods, movies, places we want to visit. It’s been so long since I cared to date anyone, I forgot how much I love learning about another human being. More than that, I think I really, truly enjoyed how much he was interested in learning about me. We lost track of time and forgot to sleep, which sounds insane, but we were still talking when the sun was coming up. I didn’t go back to my apartment until the time I’m normally waking up in the morning, and that was only to shower and put on clean clothes for work.

“Must have been quite the brainstorm session,” Maggie says, interrupting my thoughts. “I mean, you were working so hard you even have bruises from it.”

Instinctively, I touch my neck. She starts laughing at me when I let out a low groan.

“I have makeup. It’s not bad. We should be able to cover it up.” She presses her lips together, and reaches into her bag for a small makeup kit. “You know you didn’t have to fib.”

“I wasn’t fibbing. We really were talking about business stuff a lot of the night,” I say, sheepishly. “Part of me doesn’t want to get my hopes up that it’s going to turn into more than a few dates.

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