Return To Us (Sand & Fog Series Book 6) by Susan Ward

Author:Susan Ward [Ward, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-26T04:00:00+00:00

MY CELL PHONE TRILLS. I push back the shower curtain, quickly wipe my hand across a towel, and tap the speaker.

“What do you want, Jade? I’m getting ready.” I shout to be heard above the shower.

“I know you said no blind dates, and I respect your choice to be at my party alone while Dean does his best to humiliate both you and me—”

Oh, thank you, Jade. You word things so well.

“—but do you want me to send my friend to pick you up? He’s glad to do it. No strings. No fix up. It’s a favor from him to me. That way you don’t have to worry about your car or getting another ride if you need a DD or something. He’s willing to be your stand-in DD tonight. He doesn’t drink.”

My stand-in DD?

I roll my eyes. Not subtle at all, sis, and it’s not like Dean’s little announcement is going to bring on an uncharacteristic bender.

“That’s not necessary. And I should point out that I don’t want or need a date for your party. Calling it a DD instead of a blind date doesn’t have me fooled over what you’re really trying to do here. God, you make me sound so desperate or emotionally fragile. Which I’m not. I don’t need a man on my arm or a ride tonight. I already planned to take an Uber.”

“You’re arriving at my party in an Uber?” She sounds aghast, like I’m ruining her party planning or something.

“Yep. It costs seventy-five dollars to park for the evening at the El Encanto. One hundred with a valet. Fifteen bucks to get there by Uber. Uber wins. Though I do think that if you wanted to have your party on the rooftop in the Japanese Garden to rub in your friend Margo’s face that you’re every bit as rich as she is, then you should have provided complimentary parking for your broke-ass sister and friends. Not all of us can afford the fees, Jade. We’re not all tech rich. Can I finish getting ready now?”

No immediate response from my sister and I cringe. I shouldn’t have said that part about Margo. No one likes their own weaknesses shoved in their face. It was unkind, and it is her anniversary. Jade can’t help the chip on her shoulder she carries from having grown up poor. Her own little private piece of yuck. But it’s hers.

Lord knows I have my own version of it.

I spent some time being honest with myself before I hopped into the shower. Honest about my role in my failed relationship with Eric. I wasn’t upfront about me with him back then either. I gave and gave like it was no big deal, when everything we had was a very big deal, and not just to him but a long list of guys before him.

I wanted in the worst way for Eric to like me and maybe, just a smidge, I thought if he knew the real me—a poor girl

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