Needing Nicole (The Cantrelle Family Trilogy Book 2) by Patricia Kay

Author:Patricia Kay [Kay, Patricia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-03-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

But he didn’t ask.

When the kiss ended, he gently pulled back, holding her lightly by her shoulders. Voice tight with emotion, he said, “While I’m gone, do some thinking, okay?”

Nicole understood without him spelling it out that what he meant was, do some thinking about us.

She nodded.

He squeezed her shoulders, dropped a kiss on the tip of her nose and whispered, “I’ll call you when I get back. Thanks for the weekend. It was great.”

That had been three days ago.

Now it was Wednesday evening, and Nicole still hadn’t heard from Jack. She’d had a terrible three days. She missed him, and she missed Aimee. Terribly. She couldn’t remember what she’d done with herself before she’d had Aimee. She called her parents’ home so many times that her mother finally lost her temper.

“Nicole, don’ you think I know how to take care of a child? I had four of my own, you know!”

“Sorry, Mama. I just miss her.”

“Well, she’s gonna grow up some day, you know? The trouble with you is, you need a husband and a few more children.”

Nicole knew her mother was right. She knew she was being ridiculous. She also knew if Jack had stayed in town, she probably wouldn’t have felt quite so abandoned. She wished he’d come back to New Orleans. The waiting was hard on her nerves.

She should have gone to aerobics tonight, but she’d been afraid Jack would call, and she wouldn’t be home to get the call. So instead of going, she’d sat on the couch and stared at the phone.

She’d also ruined her manicure, she thought ruefully, staring at her chipped fingernail polish. Sighing, disgusted with herself, she looked at her watch. Nine o’clock. If he was going to call, she was sure he’d call by ten.

The phone rang.

Nicole vaulted off the couch and raced to the phone.

“Hello?” Her heart was going like a trip-hammer.

“Nicole?”

Her heart plunged. It wasn’t Jack. It was her Uncle Justin. “Uncle Justin?” Even though she was disappointed, she smiled. “Uncle Justin, how are you? Oh, it’s so nice to hear your voice!”

“It’s always good to hear you, too, chere. Your Aunt Lisette and I, we miss you.” His voice, rich with a pronounced French accent and more formal than her father’s, rolled across the wire.

“I was thinking about you the other day, thinking I should call you,” Nicole said. “What’s going on? Is everything all right?”

“Yes, chere, everything, it is fine. I am keeping busy, as usual, doing some charity work at the agency and tending my garden. You know how I am.”

“Yes.” Her uncle was one of the most generous, kind-hearted men she’d ever known. “And Aunt Lisette?”

“She’s busy, too, with the Ladies Guild and her volunteer work at the Center.” He cleared his throat. “Chere, the reason I called you, your papa, he called me yesterday. He told me about this young man who followed you home one day.”

Nicole frowned. “Oh?”

“Yes. He told me what this young man wanted. About the young woman he’s looking for.

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