Scoring Chance: A Second Chance Hockey Romance (Rules of the Game Book 1) by Emma Tharp

Author:Emma Tharp [Tharp, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

NINE

Derek

THE WRAPPER on the flowers rattles. My hands are shaking like I’m in the final playoff game to take home the Stanley Cup.

I knock on her apartment door and shove my hand through my hair. Get your shit together; it’s going to be fine. Her mom’s going to like you.

I’ll be damned.

Cora swings open the door. She looks good enough to eat in her black leggings and blue sweater that hugs her curves mouth-wateringly well. Her face is glowing and it doesn’t look like she has on a stitch of makeup. A natural fucking beauty.

Close your mouth. Wipe off the drool.

“Hi.” She gives me a shy smile as she takes the flowers. “They’re beautiful. Come in.”

The house hasn’t changed from what I remember of it. There were a few occasions when our tutoring sessions took place right here in this kitchen. A flood of memories come back of Cora patiently teaching me what I wasn’t picking up from our teacher at school. She deserved more than what my parents paid her. I never would’ve passed without her.

The furnishings are updated, but the warm, homey feeling is the same. “Thanks for inviting me.”

“My mom’s excited to see you. Let’s go in the living room.” She leads the way and I can’t take my eyes off her perfect ass. Shame on me for having such inappropriate thoughts seconds before I see her mother.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about her since our date last week. Now that I know the true reason for her taking on the job at Lolita’s as well as the side stripping jobs, it all makes sense. It doesn’t make it any easier to swallow though. I hate the thought of her taking off her clothes for men, but I have no right to tell her not to, or to judge her.

Damn. Her mother is sitting up in a chair, face gaunt and pale. She’s lost weight, and she wasn’t a big woman to begin with. There’s a walker next to her chair. Even fully clothed, I can tell the muscles of her legs have atrophied. Despite all of that, her face comes alive with a warm smile when she sees me.

Cora stands behind her mother’s chair and she squeezes her shoulders , giving her a little massage. “Mom, you remember Derek, right?”

“Derek Parker, it’s lovely to see you. Come over here and give me a hug.”

Striding across the room, I’m in front of her and wrapping her up in my arms. She’s nothing but skin and bones. My heart aches for her and for Cora. I know it isn’t easy for her to see her mother get sicker and weaker.

I pull away and say, “It’s good to see you, Adeline. Thanks for having me over.”

“Glad to have you. When Cora told me that the two of you met up again, I couldn’t be happier.” She claps her hands in front of her.

Cora walks to the couch to sit down and gives her mom a warning look, but she still has a smile on her face.

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