Long Time Coming by Jayne Rylon

Author:Jayne Rylon [Rylon, Jayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Hot Rods, Book 8
ISBN: 9781941785096
Publisher: Happy Endings Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Willie groaned and stretched, her spine screaming and her hip sore from where it had dug into the floor of Tom’s living room. That damn man was nowhere to be seen. Again.

“Tommy,” she called sleepily.

No answer.

She glanced around the blanket she had slept on and the kitchen table, finding no notes either. Damn if she would wait around again all day, pretending she didn’t know something was dreadfully wrong. They were supposed to be partners, damn it.

When she shot to her feet to snatch her dress off the floor, pain stabbed her head. She went to her knees and grabbed her skull, hoping to keep it from bursting.

This affair with Tom London would be the death of her. Maybe she’d been right to stay away. Tears accumulated in her eyes as she fumbled for the pill bottles they’d left nearby. She shook out the proper dosages then swallowed them dry.

As much as she would like to go over and say good morning to her daughter and grandbaby, she wouldn’t risk running into Tom or cornering him into talking about a relationship he clearly wasn’t able to handle yet. If ever.

She shoveled her medicine into her purse, slipped on her clothes and shoes, then stumbled out of the house, locking the door behind her. Standing on the front porch, she looked back, blinking rapidly, her lips and chin trembling as she wondered if she’d ever stay there again.

If not, she’d find a way to move on. She had before.

Putting her shoulders back, she marched to her car then drove across town to her dinky, half-abandoned house. She flew upstairs and started running steamy water for a bath, which never failed to calm her. As she soaked in the rich, foamy bubbles Amber and Nola had given her for her last birthday, she wondered when she’d become a quitter.

She’d never have tolerated that kind of defeatist attitude from her girls.

So why should it be good enough for her?

It wasn’t.

Almost an hour of thinking brought her to one conclusion.

She had her heart set on Tom London and she’d make him see that despite whatever craziness he’d cooked up to psych himself out, they were meant to be together. When logic wouldn’t work, sexy lingerie might.

Willie grinned as she finished her bath then took forever fixing her hair and even putting on some of the makeup she’d bought from one of the neighbors who moonlighted selling cosmetics. Of course, she’d never planned to use the stuff, except as a way to support the single mother who busted her ass to provide for her children without offending her with a straight-up handout.

Then she sauntered naked to her closet and rummaged around in the way, way back.

At first, she couldn’t find what she was searching for. Had she gotten rid of it? Donated it years ago and forgotten?

Then her fingers brushed against lace and satin. She grinned.

It was a negligee set she’d hand sewn for one of her clients. Supposed to be the woman’s wedding-night wear.

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