Lilly and Reed: A Kensington Family Novel by Allie Everhart

Author:Allie Everhart [Everhart, Allie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, New Adult Romance, college romance, contemporary romance
Publisher: Waltham Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-05-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Lilly

As soon as I'm in my room, I shut the door and call Reed. I haven't been able to talk to him all day and I miss him.

"Hey," he says picking up on the first ring. "You finally called."

"I know. Sorry it took me so long. We just got home."

"What'd you guys do over there?"

"We were mostly in the pool during the day. Then after dinner, Harper set up some craft projects for the kids and I ended up supervising while Jade and Harper talked. But it was fun." I laugh. "I made you a present."

"Oh, yeah? What is it?"

"I'm not telling you. It's a surprise." I take it out of my purse and set it on my desk. It's a cardboard picture frame covered in stickers. I made it as a joke. It has teddy bear stickers and hearts on it. Abi made one too but she kept reaching over to mine and adding red lip stickers to it, giggling each time she did it. She's seen Reed kiss me, so when I told her the frame was for him, she just had to add the lip stickers.

"When do I get this present?" he asks.

"Next time I see you."

"Which is when?"

"Who knows? My dad's acting even stranger than normal. And he's in a really bad mood. Ever since he got back from New York, I've been afraid to get near him. I feel like he's going to blow up at any moment. I haven't seen him like this for a long time, probably not since he was married to my mom. Those two used to fight constantly."

"Is he fighting with Rachel?"

"No. It's not that. It's something else."

"Maybe it has to do with Garret's company."

"That's what I was thinking. I can't come up with any other explanation. Garret's been acting weird too so that's gotta be it. He's almost as stressed out as my dad. Anyway, right now I'm afraid to even ask my dad if I can come down there to see you."

"Then I'll come up there. Unless you think your dad's gonna throw a fit if I do."

"I don't know why he would, but I better run it past him before I agree to it. But I can't ask him tonight. Maybe tomorrow. I'll have Rachel ask. She's better at getting him to agree to things than I am."

"If it makes you feel any better, my dad's been acting crazy too. He's totally stressed, and when I asked him why, he said it's because of his job but I don't buy it. Managing a tour with out-of-control musicians is a lot more stressful than sitting in an office all day, but he never seemed stressed when he was managing tours."

"Maybe the new job is stressful because it's not what he's used to."

"I guess. I've just never seen him this way. I don't even think he sleeps anymore. When I got up this morning, he was sitting in the living room with his laptop and said he never went to bed.

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