Playing His Part by Lisa B. Kamps

Author:Lisa B. Kamps [Kamps, Lisa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BimHaven Press
Published: 2019-06-25T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

"You could have taken the money and gone shopping. That's what it was for."

"I know."

Ben slid a glance at Natalie then reached for a bag of apples and added them to the cart. They were at the grocery store, a domestic chore that he usually hated—which is why there was hardly any food left in his house. Unfortunately, he hadn't discovered that until this morning, when he went to fix a quick breakfast before practice. He'd thought Natalie would have taken care of it. Thought, hell—he'd hoped she'd take care of it.

He still didn't understand why she hadn't. And then he wondered what the hell she'd eaten all weekend while he was gone.

Her glance slid to the bananas but instead of reaching for a bunch, she pushed the cart away from them. Ben frowned, wondering if he had missed the interest on her face. The cart was almost full but every single item in it was stuff he had picked out: steaks, chicken, a few bags of frozen vegetables, a pan of lasagna because every once in a while he had a strong craving for it. Garlic bread. Pasta and the makings for homemade spaghetti sauce because he was in the mood for the real shit. Frozen pizza and ice cream because why the hell not? Coffee and half-and-half and cottage cheese. Eggs. Bacon. Butter. Rolls. Lunch meat. A few cans of soup because it was February and sometimes he wanted soup. Toilet paper. Deodorant.

All things he had tossed into the cart. Not one single item had been added by Natalie. In fact, she hadn't even commented on anything he'd thrown in. And now that he'd noticed the faint look of interest she had given the bananas, he realized it wasn't the first time she'd sent a wistful glance at a few of the shelves they'd walked past.

He reached around her and grabbed the handle of the cart, stopping her. "Did you want some of those bananas?"

"No, I'm good."

"Natalie, if you want the bananas, grab them."

"I don't need them." She glanced at the bunches of fruit then lowered her gaze. "Besides, they cost too much."

Ben stood there, staring at her, not sure what to say. What the fuck? Was she really worried about how much it cost? He glanced at the price and frowned. Is that what she considered expensive? Shit. Maybe it was, he didn't know. He never paid any fucking attention to what groceries cost—mostly because he did kamikaze shopping, throwing shit into the cart and getting out because he hated shopping. But also because it didn't matter to him and he'd never had to worry about how much it cost. The cashier gave him a total, he handed over his card, and that was it.

He moved toward the bananas and reached for a bundle then paused, his hand hovering between one bunch that was already ripe and one bunch that still had some green on them. He knew what he preferred but these weren't for him, they were for Natalie.

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