Love on Ice (Cannon City Series Book 2) by Lauren Marie

Author:Lauren Marie [Marie, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Books to Go Now
Published: 2015-04-30T07:00:00+00:00

“Stacy...”

“I don’t go by Stacy anymore, Edna.”

“That’s right, you’re Kate now. Your father passed away about three years ago. He suffered a massive heart attack. I think his heart was broken when you ran off.”

“Oh please, if he’d cared at all about me, he would have stopped you, when you took me from Portland to Colorado Springs.”

“I’ve since re-married and you have a step-father.”

“Tell me it was the asshole Jay popped in the nose yesterday.”

“No, Max didn’t come on this trip. He’s still in Los Angeles. When he saw pictures of you and your long legs, he thought you’d be great in one of his films.”

Kate heard the man who sat at the same table with her mother snort and laugh. Her mother gave the guy a look of disapproval.

“Max is a producer and is very certain he could get you some parts.”

“I’m not an actress, Edna, and never will be. Is that all?”

“Sta...Kate, I haven’t seen you for eight years and think we should get caught up,” her mother said and leaned forward in her seat.

Kate again thought her mother looked like a snake, ready to pounce. “I don’t see any need to get caught up and have nothing further to say to you. Stay away from me, Edna. Leave Canon City and forget about me. I don’t know you and I’m not going to waste another minute trying to figure you out.” She shrugged and turned to walk away. Jay held out his hand and she grasped it and followed him to the end of the counter.

He kissed her ear and whispered, “That was very well said, babe.”

“She pisses me off,” Kate whispered back.

Edna stood up from the table and looked angry. “Stacy, I am your mother and I deserve your respect and full attention. You can at least give me that.”

Kate looked at the woman who thought she’d given so much and didn’t seem to have a clue what she’d done to her child. It made Kate sick at her stomach. “Did I ever deserve your respect, Mother?” She voiced a heavy amount of sarcasm. “Did you ever once care what happened to me? Did you ever once care what David Farnsworth did to me? Or Jack Collins, my terrific coach, who beat me if I didn’t skate his way? Didn’t you ever wonder about the black eyes? Did you once believe it wasn’t my fault that I broke three ribs and had to withdraw from Nationals?” She stepped in front of Jay and her hands were fisted at her sides. Somewhere in her gut, anger began to boil. Her voice got louder than she remembered it ever being with anyone and she felt rather proud of herself.

“Of course, it wasn’t your fault. What Jack did screwed up your Olympic chances...”

“No, Edna. The Olympics weren’t for another year. You came to my hospital room and said I needed to pay attention to what Jack told me to do and stop showing off. The creep almost killed me and you kept him as my coach.

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