Hot Summer Kisses by Pam Mantovani

Author:Pam Mantovani [Mantovani, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

“Thanks for coming with me,” Rachel said.

“Sure.” Anna stared out the window and tried not to think about how she’d spent the last three days doing little more than missing Quinn. She hadn’t gone with the other girlfriends or wives to send the team off. She had yet to decide whether or not she’d meet the team when Quinn returned. She was trying to put distance between them, trying to keep things as casual as possible. And yet, she missed him. They had talked on the phone every night he’d been gone, but it wasn’t the same as him being beside her.

“Well, don’t hurt yourself with all that enthusiasm.” Rachel laughed as she steered her car around a corner.

Anna turned to her friend. “I’m sorry.” She ran a hand through her hair, recalled the feel of Quinn’s fingers doing much the same. Conflicting emotions pinged inside of her, leaving her restless and confused.

“Are you going to tell me where we’re going and why?”

“Were you ever sick much as a child, Anna?”

“Not really.”

“You’re lucky then.”

Anna had a sudden chill. “Oh, Rachel, are you sick?” She reached out and placed a hand on her friend’s arm, discovered it felt clammy. “What’s going on?”

“I could use something cold to drink.” Rachel suddenly steered the car into a parking space in front of the Super Min, as the local convenience store was known. She’d been warned that this was where to go if you wanted to hear the hottest local gossip.

Their arrival was announced by the bell hanging above the door. Anna saw two women standing behind the counter.

“Hello, Rachel,” one of the women called out as she walked to the refrigerated wall. “Bet you’re glad school is out.”

“It’s always a mixed bag. On the one hand it’s nice to have some quiet and the time to enjoy it.”

“The way I hear it,” said the second woman. “You’ll soon be spending time on the campaign trail with your husband.”

“Charlie hasn’t made an official announcement, one way or the other.” Rachel’s pale face had gone a little whiter. She pulled a cold can out of the refrigerated wall and Anna heard the aluminum clatter against the metal frame of the door. Anna stepped forward and Rachel sent her a contrite look before she started for the counter. “This is my friend, Anna Reynolds. Anna, this is Charity Grambling.” She gestured to a short woman with frizzy caramel colored hair. “And her sister, Patience Vail.”

“You’re the teacher who sat in the dunking booth all afternoon,” Charity said.

“Yes.”

“I heard,” Patience chimed in. “She’s the one that Quinn Lancaster’s been leaving tickets for at the ball park.”

“Really?” Rachel asked, leaning against the counter in a way that gave all three women clear sight of her. Anna knew her face heated. Then it felt even warmer when she spotted Quinn’s photo among several others tacked behind the counter.

“I heard the two of them spent a day looking at houses.”

“No,” Anna protested. “That is, yes we looked at houses, but not together.

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