Marry Me on Main Street by LuAnn McLane

Author:LuAnn McLane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-20T14:00:56+00:00

16

Aubrey

“Mom, why are you looking at me like that?” Aubrey asked Betsy.

“Oh, sweet pea.” Betsy reached across the kitchen table and put her hand over her daughter’s hand. “I’m sorry I’m staring. I just can’t believe you’re really here.” She tried not to get emotional but she felt her throat tighten. She took a drink of her sweet tea to hide her reaction to finally having her baby back home. She made a show of pinching herself. “Nope, I’m not dreaming.”

“Mom, since when did you become such a softie?” Aubrey asked, but her smile trembled just enough to let Betsy know her nineteen-year-old daughter was more than a little glad to be home.

“Ever since you went away to college. And it doesn’t help matters that I’m pre-menopausal. I get hot flashes, night sweats, and I cry at the drop of a hat. And you know I’m not a crier. I’m a tough old broad.”

“Ha, you pretend to be a tough cookie. I know you better.”

“Speaking of cookies, I bought some of those butter cookies you love from Grammar’s Bakery. Oh and the deli next door to Rhyme and Reason had some amazing desserts.” She thought about the chocolate mousse and nearly groaned.

“No you didn’t!” Aubrey groaned. “I’m trying not to gain the freshman fifteen. You know all I have to do is smell cookies and I gain weight. I don’t have that raging high metabolism like you.”

“Are you kidding me? In my opinion, one of the sexiest, most beautiful women to ever live was the one and only Marilyn Monroe, and she had curves, just like we’re supposed to have.” Betsy leaned over the breakfast table and cupped Aubrey’s cheeks. “Could you possibly get any prettier?”

“Spoken like a true mother.”

“Well, I’ve sure missed that pretty face, that’s for sure.”

“I’ve missed you too, Mom. I’m sorry I can’t come home more often, but classes are hard and I have to keep my grade point average up to keep my scholarships.”

“Oh Aubrey, I know. And I’m so proud of you.”

“You’ve told me that a million times.”

“Well, I’m going to tell you a million more. My, my, I just bet you have to swat the boys away like flies on butter.” She made a shooing motion.

“Oh Mom . . .” Aubrey laughed but then shook her head. “I’m concentrating on my studies, just like in high school.”

Betsy nodded her approval but she had to wonder if Aubrey’s lack of interest in a serious relationship had anything to do with not having a father figure in her life. “Yeah, but you should at least date here and there. Have some fun too.”

“Having a boyfriend would just complicate my life right now.” She raised her eyebrows. “Not that there aren’t plenty of hot guys on campus.”

“I can only imagine.” Aubrey had always been oblivious to how pretty she was, and while Betsy liked that her daughter was modest rather than vain, she was a little bit afraid she wouldn’t be able to handle the male attention from college boys.

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