Hope Smolders by Jaci Burton

Author:Jaci Burton [Burton, Jaci]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

For the next week, Jane focused on school and her kids. Dr. Jeff had been right. Jane had worried that Tabitha would suffer teasing from her friends at school. Instead, they’d all thought the stitches at the top of her forehead were cool. And her bangs covered what would undoubtedly be a slight scar, so she wasn’t too worried.

Tabitha wasn’t worried at all. She was thrilled she didn’t have to suffer having to have her hair washed for several days, and she showed off the stitches like a blue ribbon at the county fair. Ryan, who’d had his fair share of visits to the ER for stitches and a broken arm, was highly jealous and proclaimed her a rock star, which nearly made Tabitha swoon since she was typically so uncool in her big brother’s eyes. He couldn’t believe no one had woken him up for all the blood and mayhem.

Jane was just happy to have things go back to normal, or as normal as they got in her life, anyway. Will had called the following morning, just as he’d promised, but she’d been so busy with her parents bringing Ryan home that she’d had to cut the call short. She’d promised to call him back.

And a week later, she hadn’t.

“So did the date go badly?” Chelsea asked as they sipped iced tea at Bert’s after school. Tabitha had gone home with a friend, and she’d dropped Ryan off at practice. One of the moms was going to bring him home later, after he ate dinner at their house. For the next few hours, she was free, for the first time in a week, so Chelsea insisted they grab a bite to eat and catch up.

“No. I already told you the date was awesome.”

“Until the whole thing with Tabitha.”

“Well, yeah, there was that.”

“At which time he drove you and Tabs to the hospital, and got you promptly into an exam room, right?”

She rolled her eyes. “We already talked about this.” Repeatedly, since Chelsea had also called her the day after her date with Will, and Jane had had to tell her about the evening, and about Tabitha’s accident.

“I know we talked about this. What I’m trying to wrap my head around is why you haven’t called him back a week later. Has he called you?”

She shrugged and took another sip of tea. “Yes. A couple times.”

“And?”

“I told him I was busy. Which I was. You know testing is next week.”

“So? Your entire life has to go on hold because of testing? You know as well as I do that changes nothing in your curriculum—or your social life. So what gives, Jane? Why are you suddenly giving Will the cold shoulder? If your date was great, then why dump him?”

She shot Chelsea a look. “I’m not dumping him. The date was fantastic. I’m just…regrouping.”

Chelsea studied her for a minute, then sat straight up in the booth. “Oh. Now I get it. You’re afraid.”

“What? Afraid of what?”

“Afraid he’s going to be

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