Romancing Miss Right by Lizzie Shane

Author:Lizzie Shane
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: comedy, romantic comedy, international, love triangle, novelist, contemporary romance, reality tv, bad boy

Chapter Nineteen

“Mom? You home?”

Using his key, Craig opened the door to the bungalow, calling down the narrow hall inside. He hadn’t really thought ahead to this part. Facing his mother.

“Craig?” Her voice floated out of the kitchen. She appeared in a rush of footsteps, flying down the little hall and hugging him tight. He enclosed her much smaller frame in his arms, closing his eyes for a moment with the relief of being home. She tucked her cheek against his chest. “When I got your call, I called in sick for work tonight. How was it? Tell me everything. How many episodes did you last?”

Craig cleared his throat. “Yeah. About that.” He extricated himself from the hug, turning his body to the side so his mom could see past him in the narrow hallway. “Mom, meet Marcy.”

His mother’s eyes grew round as saucers. “Oh.”

Marcy stepped forward, her company manners firmly in place as she extended her hand and a flawless smile. “It’s so nice to finally meet you, Ms. Corrow. Craig talks about you all the time.”

“Hi.” His mom said weakly, grasping Marcy’s fingers and giving them a tentative shake.

“Surprise,” Craig said, without enthusiasm.

Marcy grimaced. “Sorry for bursting in on you like this. I’m afraid the producers like to surprise the families—trying to get natural reactions and all that.”

“Right,” his mom murmured, continuing to stare at Marcy like she was a ghost or a Jehovah’s Witness.

Behind Marcy, Linus—the segment producer for his Meet the In-Laws date—stepped into the narrow foyer. “Speaking of natural reactions, can we get everyone to hold onto what they’re feeling right now so we can start again from one? Our camera guys can’t get an angle for sh---ah, shucks—in this hallway. This time, Craig, why don’t you ring the doorbell and we’ll do the whole reunion on the front step so we can see everyone’s faces? All right?”

Craig glanced to his mom—half expecting her to balk at the fakeness of it. She was the one who’d taught him honesty was always the best policy. But her shock seemed to have evaporated as soon as Linus began to speak and now she grinned, flashing the dimples that always made her look five years younger.

“By all means,” she said, “but if we’re starting from one, I’m going to freshen up my make-up. It’s not every day a lady has to get ready for her close-up.” Her gaze flicked back to Marcy, assessing. “Though I suppose for you it is.”

Linus stepped in before Marcy could react, ushering them onto the front step, shooing his mom down the hall to primp—with a pair of the show’s stylists—and shutting the door again.

Craig shifted from foot to foot, his nerves inexplicably returning now that his mom was out of sight. It felt weird, putting his mother on national television. His job was to protect her, not expose her to America. He’d almost told the show that his mother was unavailable. He didn’t have other family, so it would have been just him and Marcy exploring San Diego.

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