Riverstar by Tess Thompson

Author:Tess Thompson [Thompson, Tess]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Booktrope Publishing
Published: 2013-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

BELLA WOKE THE NEXT MORNING feeling refreshed. She showered and dressed in slacks and a light sweater and followed the smell of blackberry syrup and pancakes into the kitchen. Annie was flipping pancakes. They were dark. This was a shame. It meant they were whole grain laced with wheat germ and other healthy ingredients. But Drake stirred dark purple syrup, the source of the delightful smell of blackberries, at the stove. Peter and Cleo were at the counter. Peter was eating pancakes between sips of coffee. But Cleo, looking a little green, was reading her script.

“Morning, Bella,” said Annie. “You want some hotcakes?”

“Yeah, I guess.”

“Sleep okay?” Drake asked, his light blue eyes actually soft and sympathetic.

“Rock-like. That stuff’s powerful.”

“It is. You shouldn’t take it much, though. Totally addictive.”

“Yeah, big brother, I know,” she said, glancing at Annie and rolling her eyes.

“I saw that.” Drake poured the syrup into a pitcher. Normally she’d be dumping as much as she could get away with over a giant stack of pancakes but this morning her stomach turned at the thought of eating. Was her appetite permanently suppressed? Damn you, Benjamin Fleck, she thought. You’ve messed with my stomach.

As if she conjured him, Ben was suddenly there in the kitchen doorway with wet hair and dressed casually in a jeans and a t-shirt that matched his eyes. Sunday, she thought. He was off work. Why did he have to look so good in jeans? Everyone greeted him, except Bella. She avoided looking at him, her heart pounding in her chest. Don’t give him the satisfaction, she thought, of letting him know how much he’d hurt her. She poured some coffee, added a dab of half-and-half, and headed towards the door.

“Bella, no breakfast?” called Annie.

“I’m not hungry.” She didn’t turn around.

“Just coffee for me too,” she heard Ben say.

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