Savage Collision: A Hawke Family Novel (The Hawke Family Book 1) by Gwyn McNamee

Author:Gwyn McNamee [McNamee, Gwyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gwyn McNamee
Published: 2016-08-31T21:00:00+00:00

My stomach churns and bile rises in my throat as we pull into the driveway of Savage’s mother’s house.

Sunday dinner with the Hawkes…somehow it didn’t seem so intimidating when he asked me to come a few nights ago, but now, staring at the place he grew up, every potential disaster waiting for me inside is running through my head at Olympic sprinter speeds. Even after being together for months, I don’t feel ready to meet the Hawkes.

Savage squeezes my hand from next to me in the back seat.

“You okay? Why do you look like you’re about to be sick?”

“Probably because I might blow chunks right here in the back of Gabe’s car.”

Gabe shifts the car into park and looks at me over his shoulder with a frown. “You better be joking. There will be no chunk blowing in the Mercedes, please.”

Savage chuckles and kisses the back of my hand. “She’s fine. She’s just nervous, although I have no idea why.”

“Seriously? No idea? You think meeting the Hawke women isn’t just a little bit intimidating?”

Gabe laughs and opens his door. “Well, she’s got you there. I’m just glad I’m here for the show.” He climbs out, leaving Savage and me alone in the car, and me feeling even worse than I did ten seconds ago.

“Why does he have to be such a prick?”

Laughter fills the car and Savage reaches out to pull my head over to him. He kisses my forehead and then my lips. “Relax. It will be fine. Just remember, Skye will bait you. Don’t take it and you’ll be fine.”

I take a deep breath and nod before I pull away and open my door to climb out. By the time I make it around to the other side of the car, Gabe already has Savage’s chair out and Savage has just settled into it.

A bang draws my attention to the front of the house and a woman I can only assume is Mrs. Hawke is practically running down the front walk toward Gabe. He meets her halfway and she throws herself at him, wrapping her arms around him and burying her face against his chest.

“About goddamn time. Have you been avoiding me, boy?”

She pulls back and looks at Gabe, who offers her a smirk before kissing her gently on the cheek.

“Of course not, Ma, I’ve just been busy the last month.”

Ma? I look to Savage and he shrugs his shoulders before closing the car door. “He was here all the time growing up. She’s really the only mother he’s ever had.”

My heart aches a little picturing a little blond boy with no mom, but seeing Mrs. Hawke and Gabe together now, there’s no doubt he received whatever he needed here, if not at home.

Savage and I make our way up the walkway as Gabe extricates himself from Mrs. Hawke’s stranglehold.

“Oh, and you must be Danika!” She steps over to me and embraces me in a tight hug I certainly am not expecting.

Is this normal? The only people I hug are my mom, my sister, and Caroline…and now Savage.

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