One Last Time_A Second Chance Romance by Ted Evans

Author:Ted Evans [Evans, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Abe

I was already frowning as I went back to look for Brooklyn, and not seeing her where I’d left her made my mood even more sour. I looked around, and saw her walking away from a man, who was dragging a distraught woman with him. My eyes narrowed on the woman, feeling like she was familiar, but as Brooklyn walked closer, she blocked their view, and my eyes fell on her.

“Hey,” I said softly when she came to a stop in front of me. “Are you okay?”

She frowned up at me. “Can I get another glass of wine, please?”

“Sure,” I said readily, gently taking her arm and leading her over to a different area.

This was a wine tasting, so there were plenty of different wines to taste, but I wondered if she would taste any of them now. Brooklyn was obviously just looking for something alcoholic to make herself feel better. As soon as I got a glass into her hand, she threw it all back, and I arched my eyebrows as I gave her my own glass as well.

“Why don’t we find some food?” I suggested? “It should be around time for lunch already.”

“Whatever,” she muttered, her arms crossed as she looked off into the distance.

So, I led her over to where the food would be served, a bit of a walk away from the garden. I found a table for us and ordered the food, and I watched as she stabbed at her plate, barely eating. I pursed my lips, wondering whether to ask or not, then decided I was really too curious to keep quiet.

“Who’s that man?” I asked.

She growled, making a hard stab at her chicken, and the fork passed right through and hit the plate beneath. She sighed and picked up the knife to work the fork out of the piece of chicken.

I arched an eyebrow at her. “If you want to get rid of someone, I could help find some people for you? It should be better than dirtying your own hands, yes?”

“Don’t joke right now, okay?” she said, looking up at me.

I shrugged. “Who’s joking? Whoever it was that pissed you off, tell me who it is and what he did. I can deal with him for you. We…might not be together right now, we might not even be close to being friends, but I’ve never stopped caring for you, okay?”

My voice was soft, as if I was trying to coax a cute, angry little animal, and it seemed to work. Brooklyn looked at me for a long time, and when she looked back down, she sighed as her shoulders slumped and took a proper bite of her food.

“Sorry,” she mumbled. “I don’t mean to take my bad mood out on you.”

I sighed, thinking she wasn’t the only one in a bad mood.

The business I’d hoped to carry out while at the event was impossible. The man I wanted to meet had something come up in the last minute, and he couldn’t make it.

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