Real Thing by Scott Lisa

Author:Scott, Lisa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic comedy, contemporary romance, funny romance, southern romance, fun romance, small town romance, friends dating, exes dating, reality dating show
Publisher: Lisa Scott

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Tommy drove back to Ellen’s place, his grubby fingers gripping the wheel. Tonya had told him that guy wasn’t her boyfriend, yet she walked out of the park with him hand in hand and kissed him. Tommy knew he had no right to be jealous, but he was. Which was ridiculous. She was on a dating show. Of course she’d be dating.

“Daddy, do you think our tree will live?” Jane asked.

“Sure do, Pumpkin.”

“Who was that lady you were helping?” she asked.

Tommy squirmed in his seat. “That was Tonya. We were…good friends when you were little.”

“And she’s on the dating show? How fun.” Jane bounced in her seat.

Yeah, real fun. Tommy pulled into Ellen’s driveway and noticed a powder puff blue Cadillac. His ex-mother-in-law, Lorraine, was sitting in the front seat.

“Grandma’s here!” Jane cried.

Ellen patted Tommy’s knee. “Try to get along with her.”

He frowned. “Make sure you tell her the same thing.”

Jane hobbled over on her crutches to meet her grandma, who was holding a stack of wrapped presents.

What was worse—the prospect of spending six weeks watching Tonya look for a date, or spending six weeks living with the woman who despised him for breaking her daughter’s heart?

“Good thing you’re working so many extra hours,” Ellen said. “You won’t be around much.” She slipped out of the car and went over to hug her mother.

Tommy sighed and slammed the car door behind him.

A soft blue coat that matched the color of her car hung off Lorraine’s shoulders. Her honey-blond hair was perfectly coiffed into a tight bun on top of her head. She hugged Ellen and Jane, but her smile fell when she looked at Tommy. “So, Ellen wasn’t playing a joke on me when she said you’d be staying here, too.”

“That’s right. I’m the only one who can carry Jane up and down the stairs these days, so you’re stuck with me.”

“Indeed.” The corners of her mouth turned down into a frown. “Although I suppose it’s nice to see you supporting your family like you should be.”

He clamped his mouth shut before he said something mean.

“Would you make yourself useful and bring in my luggage?” she asked, pressing a button on her key fob to open her trunk.

“Of course.”

They walked into the house while he grumbled to himself. Would he rather endure an extra month of filming or a month with his mother-in-law? He wasn’t sure.

It took him two trips to carry in Lorraine’s luggage. He put her things in the guest room and moved his things down to the living room. He’d be sleeping on the pullout couch. It’s not forever, he reminded himself. It’ll only feel that way.

He joined everyone in the family room where Ellen was explaining Tommy’s plans to add a bathroom.

“I’m glad to hear it,” Lorraine said. “It’s ridiculous to only have the one bathroom in this house. It’s about time you took proper care of your family.”

Tommy bit his tongue.

“Mother, Tommy holds up his end of the bargain,” Ellen said.

Lorraine rolled her eyes and was about to say something else when Ellen hissed, “Mother, please.

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