Rear View (Peri Jean Mace Ghost Thrillers Book 0) by Catie Rhodes

Author:Catie Rhodes
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Long Roads and Dark Ends Press
Published: 2016-10-22T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

“What’s your problem?” Memaw narrowed her eyes at my nearly full plate. “You better not think I’m going to let you waste all this food”

I set my fork down next to my plate and met Memaw’s stare.

She took another bite of her food and chewed slowly. “I know you’re mad at me, and I don’t care.” She dabbed at her mouth with her napkin. “Eat anyway.”

“I’m not five any more. I’m a grown woman.”

“You think sneaking out of the house and screwing around with your boyfriend makes you an adult? You think running off to New Mexico and worrying me to death is a mature thing to do?” She snorted. “You got a lot to learn.”

“Grounding me from the prom isn’t going to change any of it.”

“But it’ll make me feel better.” She pointed at me with her fork and pinned me with her gaze. “Now eat.”

Her tone made my hand twitch toward my fork. I pulled it back. Missing prom was a done deal. Memaw had yelled at Chase over the phone when he called to talk to her. She actually asked him why she’d give him another opportunity to get into my pants. My cheeks flamed as the memory came back in full color. Memaw red-faced, the handset of the old rotary phone pressed to her ear, her eyebrows drawn together.

Memaw tapped her fork on her plate to get my attention. She glared at me across the table, the creases in her face still, her eyes cold. “We’ll sit here until you clean your plate.”

I held my position just for the hell of it.

“You might think you can win against me, little girl, but you can’t.” Memaw leaned back in her chair, glare locked on my face. “I raised two boys way wilder than you. Your daddy was the mastermind. He thought I didn’t know all the times they snuck out or where they went. But I caught them every, single time.”

“You can’t possibly understand what it’s like for me at that high school every day of my life.” My voice had a high quivering edge. I didn’t want to cry, dammit, but Chase was the only friend I had.

“Eat your food.” Memaw crossed her arms over her chest. “Take one bite, and we’ll talk like adults for a little bit.”

I scooped up a forkful of Memaw’s chili mac. It had little pieces of tomatoes I helped her can and fresh onions in it. My stomach howled in eager anticipation of sustenance. I shoved the food in my mouth, chewed, and swallowed. Then I took another bite without being asked.

Memaw smiled. “That’s good. You’ve got to eat if you want your brain to work well.” She rose, took her plate to the sink, and came back with the tea pitcher and refilled her glass. She sat down with a tired grunt. “You said I don’t know how it is for you up at that high school. Why would you think it’s any different for me trying to live in this town? We’ve got a few good friends here but way more enemies.

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