His Curvy Fantasy by Mary E Thompson

Author:Mary E Thompson [Thompson, Mary E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BluEyed Press

As it always did, December flew by. One minute I was sleeping with Hudson in his office, and the next the boys were almost done with school and going to be home for winter break in a few days.

And I had zero Christmas shopping done.

Christmas was always lean for us. When the boys were little, they got things like food and diapers so they had something to open, even though it wasn’t anything fun. I always tried to buy them something fun, but as they grew up, it got harder and harder to find things they liked that were in my budget.

The Friday before Christmas, the last day of school before break, I was off work so I decided to cruise through the local shops and find something for the boys. I was walking down an aisle of Cove Consignments when Goldie turned the corner.

“Hey,” she said, looking just as surprised as I was.

“Hi. How are you?”

“Good. Crazy. Are you shopping for your boys?”

I nodded. “Nothing like waiting until the last minute.”

She laughed. “I’m with you. I think they get harder to shop for as they get older. Paul only wants to play video games and talk to his friends.”

“Joey’s the same.”

Goldie laughed again. “I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’ve missed you at book club.”

My stomach twisted. I kind of felt guilty for not going back, but I also felt awkward hanging out with Finley and her friends. It was sweet of her to invite me, but like everything else she included me in, I knew it was just because she was so nice.

“I don’t know any of them very well,” Goldie confessed. “Laura pushed me to come at first. She works with my little sister. Ally and I are not close at all. We have the same dad, but she’s nine years younger than me. Laura and I clicked, but everyone else I’m still trying to get to know. Slowly. And I’m spewing all of this all over you like a crazy person who has no social skills.”

I laughed with her and shook my head. “I am always that way. The curse of being the oldest one in the room.”

“Right? Oh, my God, so true. I always feel like I’m so old when I’m with all of them. But then I look at their healthy relationships and balanced lives and I know I could take a few notes on how to do better in this decade.”

I snorted. “I haven’t had a good decade in the last few, so I’m all for advice.”

Goldie chuckled. “Okay, so, I’m going to be the weird one with no social skills again and ask if we can shop together. I’m guessing you’re off today?”

“I am. And that would be fun.”

“Phew. I was worried I was going to need to slink away and pretend I wasn’t horribly embarrassed by getting brushed off.”

I shook my head. “Not a chance. I could use a friend.”

“Me, too.”

We smiled and continued shopping. When one of us found something, we showed the other.

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