Little White Lie by Lea Santos

Author:Lea Santos [Santos, Lea]
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
ISBN: 9781602824720
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Inc.
Published: 2010-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

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The dinner had been a complete success. After Gia pulled the brilliant reverse-carrot-psychology trick on the boys, endearing herself to Paloma, she completely won Pep and Teddy over by taking them outside to sit in her much-coveted truck. She even revved the engine. She was the perfect guest and a wonderful friend. Emie liked her more now than she ever had.

Paloma had taken the kids home early, leaving Emie and Gia to share coffee on the back porch before calling it a night. The full moon cast a silvery glow over the yard, and a cool breeze swept over them. Emie closed her eyes and reveled in the near-perfect moment, wrapping her palms around her warm mug. “That was fun. It turned out good.”

“I’ll say. I’m stuffed,” Gia said, patting her stomach. The lawn chair creaked as she adjusted her position. “I never should’ve had the second slice of chocolate cream pie.”

Emie rolled her face toward Gia, feeling more relaxed in her company than she usually did. She liked being with her like this, without the makeover scheme or Elizalde or memories of the Barry Stillman fiasco getting in the way. “What’s a little self-indulgence now and then?”

“True, but I’ll never be able to sleep feeling like this.” She grimaced. “Don’t tell me you’re one of those irritatingly self-controlled eaters who always leaves your last bite on the plate.”

Emie laughed, deciding not to answer the playful question. “We could go for a walk, if you’d like. God knows I could use the exercise.”

“Yeah? I’d love to.” Gia stood, adjusting the waistband of her jeans as though they barely reached around her trim waist. “Let’s do it before I burst.”

After locking up the house, they meandered down the shadow-striped sidewalk talking about this and that, nothing important. They reached a particularly dark corner and Gia glanced around. “How safe is this neighborhood?”

“Relatively,” she answered. “I wouldn’t walk at night alone.” She paused. “But I feel pretty safe with you.”

Gia smiled and wound her arm around Emie’s shoulders, pulling her closer. “You always say the right things, querida.”

It didn’t bother Emie one bit when Gia let her arm remain. “I always say the right things? What about that whole ‘carrots are a superhero food’ action you came up with? How brilliant was that? Did you see Pep and Teddy gobbling those vegetables?”

“Betchtables,” Gia corrected her.

Emie chuckled.

“That was a good ploy, if I do say myself.” Gia blew smugly on her fingernails and buffed them on the shoulder of Emie’s shirt.

“I’ll say.” Emie reached up to adjust her phantom glasses, but stopped halfway and dropped her hand. She chuckled. “I can’t get used to not having glasses on my face.”

“You can always go back to wearing them.”

She chose to ignore that rather than launch back into the “you look good in goggles” conversation. “I know you don’t like me praising you, Gia, but I can’t help it. Thank you for tonight, for showing the boys the truck, for just…everything.”

“De nada. I like them. They’re weird little creatures, children.

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