Right Gift Wrong Day: A Right Text Wrong Number Novella (Offsides) by Natalie Decker

Author:Natalie Decker [Decker, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult, teen, Sex, football, christmas, dating, Holidays, sports
ISBN: 9781946700735
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Published: 2017-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

“How was your meeting?” I ask my mom with a raised brow. Yeah. She’s not fooling me as I scoop some mashed potatoes on to her plate then pass it over to her.

She clears her throat. “It was fine.”

No one else at the table seems to notice my mom’s sudden nervousness. Clearing her throat before she spoke means she’s hiding something.

“Oh, before you start to dig in, Ms. Valentine.” Which earns Tyler an eye roll. She hates when he calls her that and not Angela. “We had a little competition here. We’re not going to tell you who made what. Just let us know what you liked the best.”

Juliet snorts. “Well, it’s not going to matter about the green beans because our mom hates that vegetable.”

“Juliet,” mom says. “I don’t hate it. It is just not my favorite and Layla, could you take some off my plate? I’ll eat three.”

I narrow my eyes and grab her plate again and pluck a few green beans off. Then I hand her plate back. “Where were you really today? I know you never meet clients dressed in casual,” I say.

Juliet blinks at my mom then as if suddenly she’s been slapped with a stick or something. She takes in my mom’s appearance. “Who is he?” my sister shouts.

My mom glances at the two of us but says nothing. Not one damn word. She just picks up her fork and eats.

“Um … I think I’m going to go,” Tyler says. He places his hand on my leg and gives it a light squeeze. “I’ll call you later.”

“Tyler, don’t be ridiculous. Please stay and eat. I love this chicken noodle gravy mix. It’s really good,” my mom says. Almost like she’s hoping he’ll be a buffer or a distraction for me and I’ll stop asking questions.

“Ha! Action flick!” He kisses my temple. “I should head out though. I’ll just take this with me, is that okay?”

I nod. “I’ll get you a Tupperware container.”

“Awesome.”

He doesn’t remain at the table waiting for me though. Tyler follows me into the pantry and whispers, “Hey, are you okay?”

I sniffle a bit. “No. I think my mom is dating again.”

He glances back at my mom and says to me, “Maybe she really was meeting a client. Maybe she didn’t have any clean business outfits.”

I shake my head. “She has plenty. She went on a date.”

He doesn’t say anything, and I continue, “I know it’s stupid, but I don’t like to think about her doing those kinds of things.”

He tilts my head so our gazes lock. “It’s going to be okay.” Then he kisses me.

When we break apart I grab the container I needed and make my way back over to the table. Tyler takes the plate from me after I transfer the food into the container. He walks the plate over to the sink, rinses it, and then we go out to his Cherokee.

“I’ll call you later,” Tyler says.

“Okay.”

Once he’s in his vehicle and pulls out of my driveway I head back inside.

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