Last Chance by Natalie Ann

Author:Natalie Ann [Ann, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-12T16:00:00+00:00

Want to Stay

“I’m so excited,” Lara said when Riley picked her up at Max’s on Friday.

“So am I. It’s the first pedicure I’ve had since I moved here.”

Which was sad when she said it. It was one of the few things she pampered herself with. Being on her feet as much as she was, she normally tried to get a pedicure every other week. Getting her feet rubbed after a long day was just pure heaven and something she’d always looked forward to.

“Let me know how it is, Lara,” Quinn said. “Maybe you and I can get one together next. I’ve never had one either.”

“What?” Riley asked her sister-in-law. “Never? You’ve never had a pedicure. My brother has never given you a gift to get one?”

“Don’t go getting on Max’s case,” Quinn said, smiling. “He’s sent me for a few massages, which are wonderful. I enjoy them and look forward to them. I hadn’t thought of getting a pedicure though, because my feet get rubbed during the massage.”

“Not the same thing,” Riley said. “I wish I’d known; we could have all gone. A girl’s day.”

“Maybe next time,” Quinn said. “I’ll see if I can get someone to watch Jocelyn for an hour or so and we can make an afternoon of it.”

“I’d like that a lot,” Riley said.

She loved Quinn, who was only a year older than her, but more mature in so many ways. She didn’t know much about Quinn’s background other than bits and pieces she’d heard from family. Quinn hadn’t had an easy life in the past, but she had no problem fitting in with Max.

Quinn and Max came from two different worlds, yet to see them together let her know that anything was possible. It gave her hope for the future. Hope for her and Trevor. Anyone looking at the two of them would think they came from two different worlds, too, but she didn’t care. All she cared about was how he made her feel.

She’d seen the way he hesitated when she brought up his time in the army. There was a wariness in his eyes, mixed in with some hope.

She didn’t judge him. She wouldn’t do that. She couldn’t do that. Knowing what she did now didn’t change anything about how she felt toward him. Or about how he made her feel complete for once in her life.

It was his job. That was how she rationalized it in her brain. He wasn’t a killer to her. He was a person who was making the world a better place by keeping many safe. Keeping her safe. Didn’t her father ask him to do that? If only her father knew the truth to what he was asking.

But no one did. And if she had her way, no one would.

She was fine on her own.

She was good.

She could handle it.

Last time she’d talked to someone about it, they thought she was nuts. This time, she’d keep it to herself. No worries and no accusations.

“Are you ready to go?” she asked Lara, then looked down at the sneakers her niece was wearing.

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