My Best Friend's Brother by Mia Madison

Author:Mia Madison [Madison, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

Parker

Shit.

Of all the times for Little Lanie to finally find her voice. Where had the high-pitched, hesitant squeaks gone? That had been the full-throated voice of a woman. An extremely angry woman.

And beneath that… a woman who was hurt.

That’s the part that killed me. That she actually thought I didn’t want to spend time with her. My family? That was a different story. Except for my sister, I’d always taken every chance I could get to duck away from them. But Lanie? Never.

And now she thought I didn’t want to be with her. She thought I didn’t care.

Neither one of those were true.

Crap.

I’d hurt her deeply. That much was clear. I’d put my pride before her feelings though I hadn’t realized I’d been doing it at the time.

Frowning, I paced back in forth in front of the windows. She was obviously feeling rejected. How else was she supposed to feel with the way I’d behaved on this trip?

That led to two possibilities. Was she feeling rejected by a friend? Because we were friends. I’d known her since she was eight. So of course a friend’s rejection would hurt. Or was it something more? Could she possibly be feeling rejected by not just a friend but also a man? A man she was maybe starting to be interested in?

It that were the case, it was worse. Worse pain for her and a worse situation all around. Because there was no way that sweet young woman should have any sort of feelings for me beyond friendship. She was so young. So smart. So innocent. She had her whole life ahead of her, whereas I’d just gotten a degree at age thirty-two. A degree I didn’t any idea what to do with.

I’d lied before. There hadn’t been a text from a buddy about a job interview. I hadn’t applied for any because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. Men my age were supposed to know what they wanted to be when they grew up. Shit, they were already supposed to be that thing.

Disgusted with myself, I walked back to place where we’d arrived on the cog rail. Maybe if I found out when the train was next headed down the mountain, I could text Lanie. Tell her to stay as long as she wanted, and that I’d meet her down by the docks.

She’d still take that as abandonment, but there wasn’t much I could do about that at this point. And if we went down separately, I wouldn’t have to fake being asleep the whole time. That would be pretty hard for her to believe since she’d seen me consume so much coffee today.

A shapely brunette in a uniform came over to me when I neared the station. She pegged me as an American right away and greeted me in English with a welcoming smile. A very welcoming smile. Which was the last thing I needed at the moment.

I asked her about the schedule for the cog rail.

“I’m sorry, Sir, but it’s not running right now.

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