Romy and Juliet by Everly James

Author:Everly James [James, Everly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Published: 2018-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

In the moments after the meal ended, Juliet came to her senses and realized her mom and dad needed her help to get the hell out of the Mitchells’ house. She left the solarium she’d sheltered in temporarily and went back into the dining room. She helped her parents to the front steps while one of the valets called the limo driver.

She felt a tug back towards the house. “I…I need to use the bathroom,” she lied hastily. “I’ll be right back.”

“Take your time,” the valet said. “The limo has a flat tire.”

Juliet groaned. “Could you get some folding chairs for my parents, then, at least? Jesus.” She hastened back inside as fast as her single crutch would allow her where she ran smack into Mark, looking radiant in a tuxedo.

“Hey, Jules,” he said amiably. He had a longneck bottle in his hand and wore the glow of someone who was at least four drinks into the evening. “They finally brought out the beer out back. There’s a chocolate fountain and s’mores, too. Sorry we missed the dinner portion of the evening. Jess and I were busy, if you know what I mean.” He wiggled his eyebrows.

“Great,” Juliet said dully, trying to sneak around him. Although it was a pointless task, since the house was enormous, she’d never been there before, and she didn’t have the first clue where Romy might be.

“Looking for Jess? She’s in the backyard with some friends. Hey! I heard you moved in downstairs from us. That’s amazing. We’ll have to swing by this weekend, maybe bring some food over? There’s this great Indian place a few towns over that delivers. Well, they don’t actually deliver, but the owner is a buddy of mine from high school and—”

“Ms. Hudson,” said a deep, familiar voice. “You’re being paged.”

Mark and Juliet looked up to see Charlie standing behind them.

“Paged?” Juliet inquired.

He cleared his throat and gave her a pointed look.

“Oh! Right. Mark, say hi to Jess for me, would you? I have to—” She didn’t bother finishing her sentence, rushing towards Charlie. “Where is she?” she whispered.

“Down the hall. Three doors down on the left. She’s not doing well at all.”

Juliet nodded and turned to go.

“Jules?”

“Yeah, Charlie?”

He had a kind smile on his face. “It is so nice to see you again after all these years. You’ve grown into a beautiful young woman.”

Juliet squeezed his hand and swished down the hallway, counting the doors that were spread out so far she couldn’t believe it. The rooms must be enormous on the other side of the walls, Juliet thought. She finally reached the door and knocked twice. There was no answer so she turned the knob. “Romy?”

Juliet gasped as she stepped inside the massive room. There were at least half a dozen large, worn leather armchairs scattered around a room that was as big as the house she grew up in. Bookshelves lined the walls all the way up to the easily thirty-foot ceilings, thick tomes everywhere she looked. There were three massive fireplaces which seemed overkill for South Texas.

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