Secret Valentine by Dobson Marissa

Author:Dobson, Marissa [Dobson, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781939978028
Publisher: Sunshine Press
Published: 2013-04-19T04:00:00+00:00

Do you know who I am yet?

Are you willing to live for the moment?

Tonight, 8 P.M. at Carleon’s Restaurant.

They’ll have a table reserved for you,

and I’ll meet you there.

Tonight we’ll have dinner, and go dancing.

Happy Valentine’s Day beautiful!

Walking into the kitchen to join Gran for brunch, I had a few doubts about dinner with a mystery man. All my life I dreamed of the happy-ever-after like all the other girls, but that didn’t happen for me. I ended up marrying an abusive jerk who ran off with his assistant. Maybe I wasn’t meant to have a happy-ever-after. Maybe some of us were meant to be grouchy old ladies.

“Child, I know what you’re thinking and I only have one thing to say about it. Go!”

I was so shocked by Gran’s statement, all I could do was stutter. “What?”

“Don’t play me. I have more years on you and I know what’s been going on.”

I stood there staring at Gran with my mouth hanging open. “What? How?”

“Your Gran isn’t as out of touch as you think. She knows what’s going on and who has been sending you all these packages.” She handed me a turkey and Swiss cheese sandwich.

I looked from my sandwich to Gran. “How can you just make sandwiches and not tell me who it is?”

She shook her head, took a bite of her sandwich, and ignored the question.

“Gran?”

She took a drink of her sweet tea. “It’s not my place to tell. I’m flabbergasted you haven’t figured it out yet. Tonight you’ll go and meet your mystery man.”

I sat there nibbling on my sandwich trying to process everything. “How did you know?”

“That’s easy, child. He told me. He wanted to let you know how he feels before it was too late again. All the years you were away he has had a candle burning for you. I wish you could have seen his love for you all those years ago, but I won’t let the two of you make another mistake.”

She took another sip of tea. “Now, go get dressed so you can run those cookies downtown.”

* * *

Thirty minutes later I was parked outside of the police station, and still confused about what to do. Gran thought I should go, but could I put the past behind me and move on? I just didn’t know. I glanced up at the station.

Boy, this place doesn’t look as intimidating as it did when I got caught partying on the football field my senior year. I opened the door to the reception area and noted nothing had changed; even the receptionist was the same.

Before I could ask if Kevin was in, Drew nearly knocked me over coming out of one of the rooms. “Oh Miss, I’m sorry…Ashlyn, is that you? It’s been years!”

“Hi Drew, yeah, it’s me. Good to see you. How have you been?”

“Been fine, just counting the days until you came back home. You look amazing.” Drew smiled with a flirtatious wink.

Heat filled my cheeks. “Thanks Drew. You look great yourself.”

He adjusted his jacket before finally meeting my eyes again.

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