How to Love Her: McCullough Mountain (McCullough Mountain Prequel) by Lydia Michaels

Author:Lydia Michaels [Michaels, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-29T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Kate entered the house and watched Ant’s car pull away. She’d never wanted to kiss someone as desperately as she wanted to kiss him today. If they hadn’t left when they had, she might have agreed to let him take her to prom. She could have borrowed a dress, but that would have complicated everything even more. It took everything she had not to give in, but she liked him enough to know he didn’t deserve being caught up in a problematic situation.

“Katie,” her mother’s voice softly called.

She turned and sighed. Time to face the music. “Is Daddy here?”

Her mother nodded and untied her apron. “He’s in the den. Are you ready?”

No. But there was no preparing for this. “Should we talk in the kitchen?”

“That’s probably best. I made some rice pudding. Why don’t you have a bowl and I’ll go get your father.”

“Where’s everyone else?”

“I sent them to Rosemarie’s for a while.”

“Do the aunts know?”

Her mother’s smile was apologetic. “I told them, but only so they could tell your uncles. Your father will need some sense talked into him and I’m hoping they might be some help.”

Kate went to the kitchen, but didn’t have the stomach for pudding. She sat at the table and her entire body trembled as her stomach churned. She tried to imagine how her father looked at her, the way his eyes lit when he saw her. She locked those images away in her mind for safekeeping. Her greatest fear was that he’d never look at her like that again.

The moment her parents entered the kitchen, her father looked suspicious. He sat across from her and smirked. “It’s never good to come to a table set for talking. Maureen, how about some coffee, love?” He yawned.

Her mother went about setting up the coffee pot and her father stared at her expectantly, but she couldn’t find her voice.

“Is this about you wanting that job? We already have a secretary, Katie girl. You’d be better off finding something fulltime.”

She’d wanted the job because all of her brothers were expected to work at the yard and it just seemed fair to do the same. But maybe he was right and she should find something fulltime. She supposed she could waitress.

Her mother took a seat at her side and patted her arm. “Katherine has something to tell you, Frank.”

He raised a brow. “Oh? Did you get a letter from a college?”

God, she was such a letdown. She’d gotten a letter a week ago, telling her she was accepted at the community college, but she made sure to intercept the mail, knowing her father would rather see her go off to school. School wasn’t an option at the moment. She needed to work.

“Go ahead, dear,” her mother coaxed softly.

She drew in a deep breath. “I’m not going to go to school this year, Dad.”

His lips twisted. “Because you want to live alone? Listen to me, lass. You go to the community college, get your Associates, and in two years you can go off and live wherever you want while you finish your degree.

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