Indelible by Bethany Lopez

Author:Bethany Lopez [Lopez, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

“We do want to see you, Mom, but we already have plans today. Yeah, I know, but you didn’t say anything to me about coming up this weekend, so I didn’t know,” I said with the phone pressed between my ear and shoulder as I tried to finish packing the picnic basket. “How about next weekend? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I’ll tell her. Okay, love you too, Mom. Bye.”

I hung up the phone and put it in my back pocket, going through the basket to make sure I had everything.

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Check.

Goldfish crackers for Karrie. Check.

Juice boxes. Check.

Fruit salad. Check.

I tossed in some napkins and forks for the fruit salad and figured that was as good as it was going to get.

I ran into the living room to double check Karrie’s backpack before going into her room to wake her up from her nap.

Judd was supposed to meet us at the park in fifteen minutes and I was hoping to beat him there.

“Time to get up, Karebear,” I said softly, sitting on her bed and rubbing her back to try and get her to stir.

She stretched a bit and her little fist shook as she began to wake up. She was so dang cute. My angel.

“Hi, Mommy,” Karrie said, her blue eyes fixating on mine as she smiled up at me.

“Hi, baby girl. Wanna go to the park?”

I knew that would do the trick — she sat up wide-eyed and ready to go. If there was one way to get my daughter moving, it was to mention a trip to the park. She loved being outside. Her favorite part was the swings.

“Let’s try to go potty before we go,” I said, hoping that she hadn’t gone in her pull-up during her nap.

Potty training was so stressful.

After a few attempts to go to the bathroom with no luck, we went to the living room to get her shoes and jacket. Once she was ready, I put her backpack on her and grabbed the picnic basket.

As we neared the park, I noticed Judd had beaten us there. He was sitting on a bench, looking utterly sexy and out of place. He had on his motorcycle jacket, jeans, and boots, with dark shades covering his eyes. I couldn’t tell if he saw us, until he rose slowly from the bench.

Karrie had no idea he was there, since she made a beeline for the slide, toddling as fast as her little legs would take her.

I walked up to Judd and smiled when he took the picnic basket from me.

“Hi.”

“Hey.” Judd returned my smile. “You look pretty today.”

I felt my face flush with pleasure at his words, and I said thanks, watching Karrie going down the slide.

Judd followed the direction of my gaze and said, “She’s adorable.”

“Thanks,” I said again. “She really loves coming to the park.” I laughed as Karrie’s giggles carried over to us.

“Can I meet her?” Judd asked, removing his sunglasses and hanging them from the collar of his black T-shirt.

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