Quiet Storm, Season 2, Episode 6 (Rising Storm) by Julie Kenner

Author:Julie Kenner [Kenner, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: small town, Rising Storm, Texas, Romance, drama, Julie Kenner
Publisher: Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated
Published: 2016-09-26T21:00:00+00:00

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Lacey finally rolled out of bed around noon on Sunday. She’d cried herself to sleep last night, feeling lost and alone, with the memory of Mallory’s snub and Jeffry’s indifference clinging to her like a prickly blanket.

And as for Luis—well, she’d used him and then told lies about him. Chances were good he’d never be her friend again.

She’d dug herself in deep, and all she wanted to do was claw her way out of the hole. But she didn’t know how, and so she’d comforted herself the only way she could—with a menagerie of her old stuffed animals, the cookies that her mother had left out for her, and the sweet oblivion of sleep.

The sleep had helped. But it was the cookies that gave her hope. They were a sign, after all. A small sign, at least, that things could change. That people could heal.

Maybe that meant that friendships could heal, too.

She hoped so. And the best place to start was with Jeffry.

Armed with a plan, she got dressed, grabbed a breakfast smoothie from the fridge, and got in her car to drive to her aunt and uncle’s massive home. Jeffry’s car was in the driveway, so odds were good he was home. But she had no idea if Uncle Sebastian or Aunt Payton were there, too.

She frowned as she headed up the walk toward the front door, because the truth was she really didn’t want to see her uncle. Being around Uncle Sebastian was so much worse than being around Ginny. Ginny had lied, and it hurt. All the more because Ginny had always felt like a sister, what with how close she and Jacob had been. But Uncle Sebastian was a grown-up. A married man. Honestly, it was just gross. And the fact that he was her relative made Lacey feel even worse.

If she just waltzed up to the front door, the odds were good she’d come face to face with him. She considered texting Jeffry and telling him to meet her in the backyard, but if he ignored her text—or replied with a firm no—she’d feel even more miserable than she already did.

But if she went to him instead of him coming to her...

Smiling, she backtracked until she was off the walkway and heading instead around the side of the house. If Jeffry was home, he was either in his bedroom or in the media room. Considering how much he liked video games, she’d lay money on the second.

And considering the media room had its own set of French doors that opened onto the back patio, that was the perfect way to get in to see Jeffry and entirely avoid her uncle.

Of course, he could also be in his room, but that was easy, too. She and Mallory and Luis had spent years climbing the tangled oak tree with the limb that extended over the roof. If she had to, she could get right to Jeffry’s window. But she had to admit, she hoped she didn’t have to.

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