Hitting That Sweet Spot by Lara Ward Cosio

Author:Lara Ward Cosio [Cosio, Lara Ward]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-03-06T18:30:00+00:00

~

Having learned his lesson the last time he visited Gavin, Shay punched in the gate code and let himself into the property, driving up the path toward the house. He approached the front door with gifts in hand—whiskey for Gavin, flowers for Sophie, and a soft pink teddy bear for Daisy. It was early evening and he couldn’t hear any sound from within the house. He knocked lightly.

Sophie answered the door with a smile and beckoned him inside. She wore a towel around wet hair with a baggy top and leggings.

“Gavin and Daisy are taking a nap,” she said, her voice hushed.

He followed her through the entry and into the great room. The open floor plan combined the kitchen, breakfast nook, dining room, and living room with only a gas fireplace interrupting the flow. Gavin was sprawled onto the sofa, his shirt off so that baby Daisy had direct skin contact as she napped in the crook of his arm. The lamps were dimmed, and outside the lights along the Dalkey coastline were beginning to shine brightly. Their home always had a warm, inviting feel to it but this atmosphere felt even more special. The presence of a healthy baby that had made Gavin and Sophie—a couple once estranged—into loving parents had a lot to do with it.

“They’ve been out for almost an hour,” Sophie said. She took the gifts from him and set them on the breakfast nook table. “Thank you for all this. You didn’t have to. Do you want a drink?” She held up the whiskey.

“No, I’m fine.”

“Is it okay if we don’t wake them for a little longer?”

“Of course. It was you I wanted to talk with, anyway.”

“Oh, okay. Sit.”

They sat together at the nook and Shay watched Sophie examine the teddy bear. She smiled at it and kept it clutched to her belly as she waited for him to speak.

“You look great, by the way,” he started.

“That’s what a half hour nap and a shower will do for you,” she replied.

Of course it was more than that. She was an exceptional beauty, graced with high cheekbones, smooth skin, and hazel eyes that could turn a deep shade of mesmerizing green. But she also had humility, never letting her supermodel status change her innate decency. She and Shay had shared an unspoken bond since they day they met back in school. There was something she identified with in him, and, perhaps as a result, she was adept at reading him.

“Tell me,” she said simply.

And he did. He told her as plainly and honestly as he could how he much he believed Danny Boy needed to stay on tour. He told her he wouldn’t be able to live with the idea that he had pushed his brother out at this crucial moment, after all the hard work he had done to stay sober. And he asked her to speak to Conor on his behalf.

“I understand why you want this, I really do. But why me, Shay?”

Shay glanced at Gavin, saw that he and the baby were still sleeping.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.