Pretty Pink Ribbons by K. L. Grayson

Author:K. L. Grayson [Grayson, K. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novel
ISBN: 9780990795520
Google: Mkn1rQEACAAJ
Publisher: K.L. Grayson
Published: 2015-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

I’M ABOUT TWO SECONDS from walking over there and seeing what in the hell is taking so damn long. Laney has been in that house for ten minutes and now I’m feeling like I shouldn’t have let her go alone. We don’t know this woman, and for all I know she could have some psycho grandson living there. Mind made up, I jump from my truck and make my way across the road. Just as my feet hit the front porch, Laney comes barreling out of the door and straight into my arms.

“Are you okay?” Gripping her shoulders, I pull her back to inspect her body, needing to make sure she’s alright.

“I’m fine.” She swats away my wandering hands and throws herself back into my arms. “I want a wall.”

“You what?”

“I want a wall of my life,” she mumbles into my chest.

“Laney, you’re not making sense.” She unravels her arms from around my neck and takes my hand in hers, which is cold despite the warm weather. I bring her hand to my mouth, cupping it so that I can blow hot air over her fingers to warm them up.

“She has a wall full of photos. Everything from her wedding day to the day each of her kids were born to her grandkids’ soccer games. I want that.” Her eyes are misty and I can tell that this really matters to her.

“You’ll have that. Why is this bothering you?” I ask, dropping her hand so I can warm up the other one.

“You don’t know that I’ll have that. It’s not guaranteed. I’m almost thirty, Levi.” Her words are frantic and I can’t help but laugh. She’s worrying about things she shouldn’t be worrying about.

“Laney, I know it’s not guaranteed, but you can’t think like that. Anyone could die at any time from anything and lose out on a lifetime full of happy memories. But you can’t live your life worrying.” She takes a deep breath and nods. “You will have all of those things. I just know it.”

“Thanks,” she says, straightening her back and shoulders as though pulling herself back together. She looks at her hand that’s cupped against my mouth, and she furrows her brow as though she didn’t even realize it was there. “What are you doing?”

“Your hands are freezing. Which is totally odd, by the way, considering it’s nearly eighty degrees.”

“Hmmm. I didn’t notice.”

“Let’s get out of here.” Keeping her hand locked in mine, we walk to the end of the sidewalk, looking both ways before running across the road.

“Can we stop somewhere before you take me home?”

“Sure.” I open the passenger door and help her in before climbing in myself. “Where do you need to go?” I crank the key in the ignition and put the truck in drive.

“Just the grocery store down the road. I won’t be long.” I’m already pulling out of the parking lot by the time she finishes what she’s saying. I drive the three blocks to the closest market, and we both hop out of the truck when we arrive.

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