Letters from Linc (Ten Year Anniversary Edition) by Trish Edmisten

Author:Trish Edmisten
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military romance iraq love letters prisoner marines
Publisher: Trish Edmisten

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Erica hoped her friends weren’t expecting any snacks. The last week, she’d been living off hospital food, both from the cafeteria and the vending machines. Before that, she’d spent almost two weeks at Linc’s parents’ house. Erica could not remember the last time she’d gone grocery shopping.

The doorbell rang, and Erica closed the pantry with a sigh before going to answer the door. Cory and Veronica stood on the other side. Both held grocery bags in their hands.

“What’s going on?” Erica asked.

“What do you mean what’s going on? I told you we were coming over,” Cory reminded her.

“I know that,” Erica said as she stepped aside to let them in. “I mean, what’s with the grocery bags?”

Rolling her eyes, Cory turned to Veronica. “How did she get straight A’s in school if she doesn’t even know what grocery bags are for?”

Smiling, Veronica shrugged. “You got me.”

It was Erica’s turn to roll her eyes. “I know what grocery bags are for. I’m wondering why you guys are here with them.”

“Again, I thought the answer was obvious,” Cory said.

“We figured you probably haven’t had time to go shopping in a while,” Veronica added.

“And since we didn’t want your skinny ass to starve, we thought we’d help you out,” Cory finished.

“You guys are the best, but you didn’t have to do that,” Erica said.

Cory pulled open the fridge and gestured toward its mostly empty shelves. “Um, yes we did.”

The doorbell rang a second time, and Erica frowned. The only people she was expecting already stood in her kitchen.

While her friends started unpacking the groceries, Erica went to answer the door. Her eyes widened when she saw her mom and Kristy standing there smiling at her. There were more grocery bags in her mom’s hands while Kristy held a stack of filled Tupperware containers.

“What are you guys doing here?” Erica asked.

Carolyn laughed. “Well, hello to you too.”

“Sorry, I just didn’t know you were coming over.”

“Cory called us and said there was a party at your place tonight and the cover charge was food.”

That did not surprise Erica. That sounded like something Cory would say.

Kristy held up her tower of Tupperware. “I brought homemade goodies.”

“Are you going to let us in now?” Carolyn asked.

“Sorry,” Erica said again and moved aside. “You can take that that stuff to the kitchen, I guess.”

Her mother and Kristy stepped inside, heading straight for the kitchen.

“Did you bake all of this?” Veronica asked when Kristy deposited her offering on the counter.

Kristy shook her head. “No, the girls in my office helped.”

Cory’s eyebrows shot up. “You’re kidding me?”

“Nope, and I didn’t even have to ask,” Kristy said. “When I told them what I was doing and why, they all offered to pitch in and bake something.”

“This is a lot of stuff though. What if it gets stale before they eat it all?” Veronica asked.

“Whatever Erica and Linc don’t want, they can share with the other patients in the hospital.” Kristy smiled as she looked over at Erica. “And if I were you, I’d start by giving away those brownies your brother baked.

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