Making Her Mine (The Callahans Book 6) by Monica Murphy

Author:Monica Murphy [Murphy, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EM Publishing
Published: 2022-01-13T05:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

ADDIE

By the time I get home, I’m rushing into the house and heading for my bedroom, shouting out a distracted, “I’m home,” to let my mom know I’ve arrived.

I hear her footsteps coming down the hall after me, can feel her presence lingering in my bedroom doorway as I push open the closet door and look through my clothes, trying to find something to wear tonight.

With Beck.

The secret smile that plays upon my lips feels naughty, because my brain is filled with images of all the things we did last night.

What we might do tonight.

Will I let him take it even further? Or do I have any say in the matter? Not that he’s pushing me into anything, but more like I can’t control my body when it comes to him. I just automatically want to touch him. Kiss him. Explore him.

Everywhere…

I pull out a cute top that exposes a lot of skin, yet still somehow covers me up. Wearing this shirt won’t be too obvious, will it? It was so hot today, and it’ll be hot tonight too. It’s only natural I’ll want to wear something that’s not so confining—

“What are you up to?”

I startle, a shriek leaving me when I hear my mom’s voice.

I forgot she followed me to my room.

Turning, I face her. She’s still standing in the doorway, her arms crossed as she watches me. “Oh. Hey.”

“Hi. How was work?”

“Okay.”

“You make good tip money today?”

We split the tip jar there at the end of every shift change. “Almost fifty bucks.”

“That’s great. You can put it toward college.”

“Uh huh.” I withhold the urge to roll my eyes. She always says stuff like that, as if I might forget that I’m saving money for my future college tuition. I want to go away to college somewhere far from my hometown, though I want to stay in California. My dad is a lawyer who practices family law and does pretty well for himself, but my parents fully expect me to help contribute to my future education and living expenses. They want me to have a good work ethic and don’t want to raise spoiled children.

A direct quote.

She nods toward the shirt on the hanger that I’m still clutching. “You going somewhere tonight? Hanging out with your friends?”

“Uh…” This is where it gets tricky between us.

Mom hated Jonah. Not that she hated him per se, more like she hated the idea of me having a boyfriend.

Okay, she really hates the idea of me having a boyfriend.

Having an older sister who was heavily involved with her boyfriend when she was so young terrified our mother. Jocelyn and Diego were serious. Madly in love. Everything was high passion all the time. The fights. The love. Having sex when they were really young—I think Jos lost her virginity to Diego when she was only fifteen? Or were they sixteen?

Whatever. It doesn’t matter. She got pregnant when she was a senior in high school and while my mom has been extremely supportive and she loves Diego with all her heart now, it was a tough time back then.

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