It's All Coming Back To Me by Michelle Marra

Author:Michelle Marra [Marra, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781532390166
Published: 2018-11-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I don’t know what time I feel my mother tap my shoulder because apparently, I had fallen asleep. I do know this, I’m chilled to the fucking bone. When we are both inside the house, she wraps a blanket around me and kisses me on the top of my head.

“Stay there sweetie, I’ll get you a cup of hot tea.”

I’m sick of sitting in this chair, my ass is asleep. But when I stand to transfer myself to the sofa my legs are stiff and weak, so roll my chair closer and slide myself onto the cushion. I pull the blanket around me, then rub my hands together for some extra warmth. When I see her enter the room with two steaming cups of liquid, my stomach instantly clenches, and I’m unsure why I’m suddenly nervous.

“Before you ask, I did add some brandy. This way you can warm up a little faster.”

I smile and say a quick ‘thank you.’

Several minutes go by before she speaks again, “Laurel, why were you sitting on the porch nearly half frozen?”

Her questioning eyes find mine, I just shrug my shoulders. “It wasn’t a plan. I left my keys at Lily’s.”

“Why didn’t you call…”

Before she can complete the question, I hand her my phone in two pieces.

“Oh,” she says with a hint of a smile.

Then several more minutes go by before I speak and when the words come out of my mouth, I immediately wish they hadn’t.

“Are you and Sam sleeping together?”

She spits out the sip of tea she just took and looks at me as if I suddenly grown two extra heads.

“Are you out of your mind Laurel? Why in the world would you ask me something like that?”

I sigh and look down into my cup of tea trying to find the words to justify the question.

“I don’t know…I guess the way you kept looking at her in the car tonight.”

A confused look forms on her face, “So because I care about a friend who is hurting, I’m what…suddenly gay?”

“Well, you two have been awfully chummy,” I say as I turn my eyes back to her to see the look of utter astonishment on her face.

“So…we’re friends.”

“Seriously mom…you’re friends with the woman who obliterated my heart...who turned me into this.”

“Don’t you dare…”

“Dare what…say what I’m feeling? You never wanted to hear it then…never wanted me to talk about what happened. But when I come home after the worst nightmare of my life…I see her in my house. How the fuck did you think that would go…huh, mom? How did you think I would be okay with that fucking bitch in my house? How do you think I feel about you and her being friends after all this?”

“Laurel, calm down. Nothing is going on between Sam and me…that is just preposterous. I don’t go that way…I love you father.”

I let out a cocky snort, “Many women find out late in life they have a curiosity for the same sex, so it isn’t that far out there to think you guys are hooking up…friends with benefits.

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