Kiss & Tell (Small-Town Secrets-Fairview Series Book 2) by Sophia Sinclair

Author:Sophia Sinclair [Sinclair, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, Small-Town Secrets-Fairview Series, Real Estate Agent, ER Nurse-Hospital, Misunderstandings, Reconcile The Past
Publisher: Sophia Sinclair
Published: 2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The days before the party went by quickly. Tommy came over and helped with some miscellaneous painting. The lawn was all done until spring. Tommy carried up the boxes of discards and hauled them off to a local church charity or put them into the trash, depending on how Lori had marked the boxes. She asked him how his mother was feeling.

“OK, I guess. She’s still working, but she mostly goes to sleep right after dinner. David has started doing the cooking. Which has meant some weird meals.”

“I’ve never known you to turn up your nose at any food,” Lori said.

“Oh, I eat it,” Tommy said.

“How about I order some pizza tonight, and we get the hallway painting done?”

“Sure,” Tommy said. “I’ll just text Mom that I won’t be home for dinner. I’m probably not missing much. I mean, don’t tell David, but Mom’s cooking is way better.”

“Your secret’s safe. Pepperoni? Sausage?”

“Yes.”

Lori called Sorrentino’s and placed the order while Tommy arranged plastic over the hallway floor. The paint here was not only dingy, but had plenty of marks that scrubbing wouldn’t dislodge. She wanted it to look nice and bright for the party. She started cutting in at one end of the hallway while Tommy started at the other end. They worked quietly for the most part, until the doorbell rang.

“Can you get it? I left money on the table by the door,” Lori said. “I just loaded up my brush.”

Tommy grunted a reply and laid his brush against the paint can. Lori continued painting away. She loaded up her brush one more time and worked her way down the hallway a bit more. What was up with the pizza? She could hear voices faintly. Maybe they’d delivered the wrong pizza. Didn’t matter, Tommy would eat anything on a pizza crust. She carefully placed her brush down across the can of paint and headed for the door.

Tommy had placed the pizza on the little table in the entryway, where he was leaning and talking to the youngest Sorrentino girl. Theresa, Lori thought her name was. The girl must not be in any hurry to get to her next delivery. Lori quietly went to the kitchen and just as quietly set the table. It was several more minutes before Tommy brought in the pizza. He was smiling.

“You should invite her to the party,” Lori said. “You seem to have a love of pizza in common.”

“We were just talking,” he said.

“Well, invite her to the party if she isn’t working. You can talk about pizza all evening,” she said. “There won’t be that many people your age here anyway.”

Lori quickly ate her usual one piece of pizza, but, still hungry, decided one more piece wouldn’t hurt her. She’d worked it off lately anyway. Tommy wolfed down the rest, and then they returned to the hallway. The trim work done, Tommy did the rolling, which didn’t take nearly as long. The hallway looked clean and bright now. Lori paid Tommy his money and arranged for him to come back to help carry in the sofa on the day Catarina had named.

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