Healing Nicole (The Maynard Series Book 1) by Rachel M Storm

Author:Rachel M Storm [Storm, Rachel M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

NICOLE

The day is finally over, all the kids and their parents have left and I am exhausted. All in all this day turned out not too bad. Except for the phone call I got from my mother about Donald and Gabby expecting their first child, I rather enjoyed myself. The big fat cherry on top of a wonderful day was the fact that Abby enjoyed her party and that Mace got glitter bombed.

"I wasn’t sure what to get Abby, so I got her the SIMS game. Hope that's okay," I say looking at Connor as we all sit in the living room with some drinks and leftover snacks.

"Really? That’s actually awesome, she has been nagging for one for some time now but I just haven't had the chance to go get it for her," I breathe a sigh of relief at Connor's answer because I wasn't sure if Abby was allowed games like that.

"Great," I say. "I should probably get going, thanks for having me." I grab my purse before standing.

"I'll take you home," Mace offers, quickly standing up as well.

"No, thank you for helping organize the party, Abby really had a lot of fun." Connor says, also standing from his seated position. He surprises me by embracing me in a hug. I awkwardly hug him back. Chase also stands and embraces me in a hug, so does Angela.

"You ready?" Mace asks.

"Yip, bye guys." I wave at everyone else as Mace and I make our way out.

"Bye!" They all say in unison.

Mace and I are quiet for the first few minutes of our drive back to my place. I decide to break the silence.

"Can I ask what happened to Abby's mom?" I finally ask the question that has been on my mind since that gorgeous little girl with brunette long hair and bright green eyes asked me if I was going to be her new mommy.

I have to say, I was not expecting a question like that, I had no idea what to answer and I was so embarrassed because no kid has ever asked me that before.

"Um short version is that, Connor got his ex-girlfriend pregnant and she just wasn’t ready to become a mother." He says. "I'm sorry, it’s not really my story to tell."

"Oh," I can hear the disgust rolling off my tongue. There are so many people out there who lose their babies when some of those who get to keep them find it so easy to just up and leave. A single tear rolls down my cheek when I think back to my own loss.

"Hey, you okay?"

I wipe the tear away before answering; "Sorry, yeah I'm okay." Mace seems to think about it for a minute.

"Thanks for helping earlier with crazy Carrie," he smiles.

"Crazy Carrie?" I'm confused and have no idea what he's talking about.

"Caroline,"

"Oh, yeah sure no worries." I say.

We finally reach my house and Mace jumps out of his SUV and runs to open my door for me. He's such a gentleman. I don’t remember any man except for my father opening the door for me.

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