Roxie by Kimberly Dean

Author:Kimberly Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, mystery, family, reconciliation, sisters, orphan, twins, reunion, tear jerker, second chance, sisterhood, reunited, tearjerker, match, friends with benefits, triplets, nascar romance, biker bar
Publisher: Kimberly Dean

Chapter Ten

When Billy awoke the next day, it was to the most dangerous sense of home. He was in Roxie’s bed again. She wasn’t beside him, but he smelled lavender on the pillowcase and heard the river off in the distance.

He rubbed his chest. Home. It kind of stuck right there.

He hadn’t had this feeling for a long time. He’d lived most of his adult life, moving from job to job and town to town. After spending yesterday with Charlie, though, and last night on the roof with Roxie, he realized he wasn’t settled yet.

Hell, he’d even had a coherent conversation with his mother.

Growling under his breath, he rolled onto his back. It was a hell of a sentiment to grip him now that he’d made his decision to cut his ties with Cobalt City.

A rhythmic tapping noise caught his attention, and he frowned. Roxie had been in a weird mood last night, all quiet and introspective. Flipping back the covers, he got up and strolled to the open doorway. Catching the doorframe overhead, he stretched.

“You’re up early.” His voice sounded groggy.

“Mmm.”

All her attention was on the computer in her lap. Her legs were tucked underneath her and her hair tumbled around her shoulders. Fresh from bed and without makeup, she looked sexier than most movie stars.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

“Trying to figure out when the last new moon was.” She finally glanced up at him, and her gaze zeroed in on the erection that had been a big cause for him waking. “Speaking of beating the bushes, I want to do that today.”

He grinned. “Well, get over here.”

The expression on her face went deadpan. “Not that. I want to do some more digging into my past. You went out asking questions to find your mother. I want to go to the library, the newspaper, the courthouse, and anyplace else that might make sense.”

“Okay.” He frowned. “But now?”

They’d slept the night away again. He’d really been looking forward to morning sex.

“You know what they say about the early bird,” she teased as she set the laptop aside and scurried for the shower.

“No,” he murmured, following her. “We’re night owls. Remember?”

* * * * *

If the Internet search had been fruitless, the in-person kind wasn’t much better. They visited the library first, but neither of them found anything in the microfiche. The Cobalt Courier hadn’t done a story on identical triplets being born. They failed to find any pertinent info in the records at the courthouse, either. In the end, they combed through books, files, and databases around town and came away with very little.

Finally, there was only one place left to try.

And it was the one place guaranteed to put them both in a cold sweat.

Billy covered Roxie’s hand where it lay on the rental truck’s console. Neither of them had yet made a move to leave the vehicle. “You okay?”

She made a noncommittal sound, staring straight through the windshield at the drab gray building in front of them.

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