Semper Fi Marines Collection by Melissa Schroeder

Author:Melissa Schroeder [Schroeder, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939734419
Publisher: Harmless Publishing

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Three weeks later, Zoe found herself in Joey’s art studio working. Since getting her cast off, she had no problem jumping back into sculpting, but today…she was painting. The jolt of creativity had caught her off guard. She had expected it to hit, but it had sustained her for three weeks, and she was afraid of what it meant.

Setting down her paintbrush, she looked out the window at the dogwoods now blooming in the Santinis’ back yard. Papa and Joey had gone off to see Vince for lunch and she had opted to stay behind. Her feelings over Jesse were starting to get to her and she needed to sort them out.

Of course, she had started painting. She glanced at the painting. It was Jesse. He seemed to occupy all of her thoughts lately. It wasn’t like her to get this giddy over a man so fast.

She needed to talk to someone, but talking to Joey would be a mistake. She would go all gung ho on the getting serious with the Marine.

Like kismet, her phone rang with Kee’s ringtone. She hesitated, then picked it up.

“Hey, Kianna.”

“Hey there. How are things going?”

“I’ve been painting.”

A beat of silence. “You’re worried about something.”

Of course Kee picked up on that. Out of her two sisters, Kianna understood her the best, which wasn’t saying much. But, then, she let her be who she wanted to be. Retta was always trying to get her to go more commercial with her art to make money.

“Yeah, I am.”

“Would that something wear a uniform to work every day?”

She sighed of course Joey had probably been tattling to her sister about her. “I really like Jesse, but I’m not built for this life.”

“Oh, sweetie, the woman who thinks she is built to be a military wife will be sorely disappointed with her life after marriage.”

Zoe heard the humor in her sister’s voice and smiled.

“He hasn’t said anything about getting serious.”

Another beat of silence. “Let me guess. You told him you didn’t want to get serious because of what happened.”

It was irritating just how much her sister knew about her. “Yep.”

“And now you wish you hadn’t.”

“Kind of. I don’t know. Dammit.”

“Oh, he has you cussing. That means you’re in love.”

She chuckled. “I guess I have to decide something or I will be living with the Santinis permanently.”

“Why didn’t you talk to Joey about this?”

“You know how she is. She wants everyone married.”

“That’s true.”

“And, well, I know you’ll tell it to me straight.”

Her sister sighed. “I’m not saying it is an ideal life. It kind of sucks a lot of times. I mean, how can I be bitchy about him being home late from work because he was training—especially when that training could save lives someday.”

Gianni, the youngest Santini, worked as a Parachute Jumper, which meant that he jumped into dangerous situations to save lives with his medical training.

“Yeah, that’s true.”

“But, if you are falling for Jesse, let yourself do it. Play with the idea for a while. I would hate for you to miss out on something wonderful.

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