Love Under Review by Britney M. Mills

Author:Britney M. Mills [Mills, Britney M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crystal Canyon Press
Published: 2020-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Danielle had gotten a text from Liam saying he wouldn’t make it Sunday afternoon. They’d rescheduled for Monday, but when he didn’t come at the designated time or another hour after, she wondered if she’d gotten the time wrong. Had he counted their agreement on a topic as canceling their meeting?

Pulling out her phone, she scrolled through the short list of messages they’d sent back and forth, wondering why he hadn’t at least given her a heads-up about not coming. Maybe he’d had to take care of Cari or some emergency happened with his sister. He’d mentioned something about hoping Kara would be able to come home on Sunday.

Danielle paid her tab at the diner and walked along Main Street, seeing the darkness inside the bookstore. Since she’d been here nearly a week, the only time she’d seen the store black was on Sunday, which wasn’t a rare occurrence in town. The only place usually open then was the gas station.

Taking her laptop to the park, she sat on one of the benches, trying to focus on the outline for the next MK Malone book. She’d felt the block in her brain for the last twenty-four hours, and she hoped it wouldn’t stay long. As far as steady work was going, she kept striking out with every station and larger newspaper she’d applied for, and the need to do something other than sit at home or roam the streets of Sage Creek was eating at her.

She plugged in her wireless connection and pulled up her stats for her mystery books. She was surprised at the spike in sales of her books since she’d come back to Sage Creek last Tuesday. It was almost laughable that something she’d written and hadn’t promoted hardly at all was actually making some money.

At least that was encouraging, since she felt like everything in her life was unraveling. Opening her Word document, she reread the last few lines she’d written from the day before, honing in on where she would take her heroine next.

She didn’t know how long she’d been there, but the bench moved slightly as someone sat next to her. Looking over, she saw it was Liam, and a wave of relief rolled over her. She’d never really been worried about anyone, but with all the assumptions she’d made, it was good to see him there uninjured.

“I’m sorry to startle you. You looked like you were really focused on whatever you’re working on.” Liam smiled and leaned over, trying to focus on the words.

Danielle shut the laptop with a loud click, hoping he hadn’t recognized anything. She still didn’t want anyone to know about her alternate identity, especially Liam. She’d never felt comfortable discussing her writing with anyone outside of Becca, because many people didn’t get it. And now that things were going well with the three books she already had out, she didn’t want to jinx it or chance anyone in town figuring out who she was.

“It’s good to see you’re alive and not some phantom.

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