Heels (Boots Book 2) by Megan Erickson

Author:Megan Erickson [Erickson, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-26T23:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Three weeks later

Bath bombs were underrated. Or maybe I’d just been living in a hole. After a terrible first two months of pregnancy, I finally didn’t want to puke from just looking at food. Rena and her coworkers bought me a huge basket full of gifts to pamper myself with. Including several bath bombs.

The one I was using now tinted the water purple and smelled like lavender. Not too strong, which was great because I was suddenly very sensitive to smells. I didn’t really look pregnant yet—more like I’d just had a really big meal full of carbs. I lifted my belly out of the water and ran my fingers over the wet, stretched skin.

I heard Rena in my kitchen, talking on the phone with Mark—her husband. She loved calling him that, and I loved to watch the way her face light up when she did. They’d gotten married two weeks ago in a beautiful ceremony at a local bed and breakfast. They’d taken a five-day honeymoon to the Bahamas—Rena called me every damn day—and now she was back, eager to fuss over me again.

I hated that she’d spent so much of her honeymoon worried about me. This was supposed to be her time. I tried to ignore her calls, but then she’d sent Mark’s cousin—the freaking Gentry police chief—to my house to make sure I was all right. So yeah, then I answered every call on the first ring. Mark was an actual saint who placed family above all else, so he was fine with his new wife doting on her only sister. Still, I felt bad.

Footsteps drew closer until Rena stood in the open doorway of the bathroom, phone shoved in her pocket. “Cheese okay?”

I hadn’t been able to eat pizza for what felt like forever. I was giddy. “Yeah, just cheese. Not sure I can handle the pepperoni grease.”

“Sounds good. How does the bath feel?”

I poked at a bubble floating on top of the water. “Amazing. Thanks again for the gift basket.”

She shrugged. “Least we can do.”

“For the town librarian who is now a fallen woman?”

Rena rolled her eyes. “Oh my God, don’t talk like that. You’re almost thirty and having a baby. You can afford it, and you have your family and friends' support.”

But no father. Because I still hadn’t heard a single word from Luke. Or Bryan. Or whatever his name was. I’d heard he’d apparently paid his apartment for six months in advance, but that was it.

Rena must have read my thoughts. “Do you want to hear from him?” she asked softly.

I shrugged and the water sloshed around my shoulders. “A small part of me never wants to see him again. But a larger part of me wants to know if everything he told me was a lie.”

“And the baby?”

“He made it clear he didn’t want to have children.” I loved my sister but I was tired of the sympathetic eyes she gave me. “As much as I’m enjoying this one-sided naked heart to heart, do you think you could go order the pizza?”

Rena laughed.

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