Love on the Night Shift by Radclyffe

Author:Radclyffe [Radclyffe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635556698
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2020-04-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Blaise pulled out of the parking lot three cars behind Courtney’s very recognizable yellow Miata. From the vantage point of her high-riding SUV, she couldn’t actually see Grady and Courtney, but she could imagine them, inches apart, enjoying the first stages of getting to know one another. It might’ve been a long time since she’d actually experienced that herself, but she certainly remembered the exhilaration and excitement that the promise of someone new brought with them. Never mind that was exactly how she’d felt after a silly cup of coffee and a doughnut with Grady earlier that morning. She’d felt that same rush then and spent the hours after pretending that she hadn’t. But that was on her. Maybe she couldn’t always control what she felt, but she certainly could control what she did about it—which did not include chasing after the source of the excitement without considering the consequences. That was a lesson learned long ago.

Once on the two lane, she fell well behind the Miata and soon lost sight of it as Courtney sped away. No surprise there. If she had a car like that, she’d be driving with the wind as well. All the same, she wasn’t that far behind when she pulled down the long drive to the Homestead. Courtney and Grady were just getting out of the Miata, which Courtney had adroitly wedged between a couple of larger trucks pulled off on the side of the drive. They were walking close together, but at least they weren’t holding hands.

Blaise mentally slapped herself in the forehead. She really had to stop regressing to the stage where hormones dictated her actions. Hadn’t she put that well behind her after Taylor came along?

She pulled over adjacent to the curving stone walk that wended through the sloping lawn encircling the house. A dozen people exited cars and headed for the back porch, the unofficial main door.

Turning on the seat, she said, “All right, you know the drill. If you plan on going elsewhere later, you’ll need to check in with all parents. I’ll come back and pick you up if you’re calling it a night, or I can drop you off at your next destination. But if it’s a house party somewhere else—no deal. It needs to be at one of your places.”

“Mom,” Taylor said with exaggerated exasperation, “we’ve heard this before. We all know.”

She couldn’t see Taylor’s face very well in the shadowy back seat, but she could feel the eye roll.

“Besides,” Margie said, reaching over the seat to pluck at Blaise’s sleeve, “you’re coming in now, right? You have to get something to eat at least.”

“Well,” Blaise said hesitantly, wondering just exactly how much she didn’t want to see any more of Courtney and Grady together. As soon as she thought it, she knew that was ridiculous. Absolutely irrational knee-jerk reaction to a situation that not only had nothing to do with her, but might not even be what she thought.

Ha. As if it was going to be something else.

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