Keeping Secrets by Parker Weston

Author:Parker, Weston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2020-02-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Callen

“We’re going to Julia’s party,” Winter sing-songed from her car seat in the back, the serene smile she’d been wearing all week still fixed to her face. I couldn’t say I didn’t like it, though.

Winter was happier than I’d seen her in a long time, thanks in no small part to knowing Tiffeny was coming with us tonight. She’d also had a blast with Julia on Sunday night and had insisted that I take her to the mall with me to pick up a present for Julia, even when I told her I already had it handled.

“Yeah, but remember what I said, okay?” Usually, I wouldn’t be taking Winter to a party at a bar with me. Especially if I had to perform. For however brief a period I was obligated to do it.

I’d called ahead, though. There was no smoking area anywhere near where we’d be and the manager had assured me that although the place wasn’t labeled to be family-friendly, it wasn’t rowdy or rough either.

Plus, Tiffeny and I had discussed it and she’d offered to help me take care of Winter. She also said she wouldn’t let her out of her sight while I was up onstage.

While I knew it was frowned upon to take your baby to a bar, I was pretty excited to have her with us tonight. So was Tiffeny. No one was more excited than Winter, though.

“Yes, Daddy. I remember. Stay close to you or Tiffeny and I’m not allowed to talk to strangers.”

“Good girl.” I grinned at her in the rearview mirror as we pulled up outside of Tiffeny’s house.

She was waiting for us on her front porch. When she saw my car, she waved and walked up to meet us.

As always, she took my breath away when I first saw her. She wasn’t wearing anything fancy, just jeans and a frilly purple top with sandals, but she was fucking stunning. Her hair was loose, framing her face and tumbling past her shoulders in shiny dark waves.

She had on a little more makeup than I was used to seeing her in, her eyes lined with charcoal and her lids covered in shimmery, dark gray. It made her eyes stand out, and the overall effect was dazzling.

“Hey,” she said when I climbed out of the car to greet her. “Thanks for picking me up.”

“Anytime.” I drew her into a hug that ended far too soon. “Winter’s really excited to see you.”

“I’m excited to see her, too.” Tiffeny got into the passenger seat, buckled up, and immediately turned to start chatting to my daughter while I took my place behind the wheel again.

The girls talked all the way to the bar, where Julia had reserved space for us and her other guests in a small lot nearby. The weather was nice, the sun starting to set as we walked down the sidewalk. Winter held my hand in one of hers and Tiffeny’s in the other.

“It always smells like the sea here,” she said. “Are we close to the beach?”

“It’s just a couple of blocks that way.

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