Speed Demons by Gun Brooke

Author:Gun Brooke [Brooke, Gun]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Lesbian, Fiction
ISBN: 9781602826786
Google: NItfXwAACAAJ
Amazon: 1602826781
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2012-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Blythe was amazed to feel so safe inside the blanket with Evie, yet so vulnerable and nervous. Stalling for time, she tried to redirect their attention back to Evie.

“Where did you go?”

“Driving around. Parked by a lake and stared at the water and felt like a prize jerk.”

“You’re trying to deal with stuff. Work your way back.”

“Doesn’t mean I have to call people names and act out the way I did. I’m sorry.”

“You’re forgiven. Just so you know. I understand.”

“Thank you.” Evie sounded so relieved. “Now, enough of me. Your turn.”

Blythe didn’t want to revisit ghosts from the past. She hated the feelings these spirits of her youth instilled in her; they were never constructive. To summon courage, she leaned her head on Evie’s shoulder. Perhaps some of Evie’s undeniable courage would rub off on her. She inhaled, suddenly greedy for Evie’s scent. Realizing that Evie was still dressed in her racing coverall, Blythe grinned. She looked very good in it.

“You might have guessed that I’m pretty shy.” Blythe waited for an ironic “Nah, you don’t say,” which never came. A little more relaxed, she placed a hand on Evie’s thigh. “If you consider how I am now, then think about a scrawny, freckled kid ten times as shy. I couldn’t speak in front of others in school. One time when I had to read my essay out loud in class, my teacher tried to be nice and sat with her arm around me. Probably because she was afraid I’d fall and break my neck if I fainted from sheer nerves.”

“Which emphasized the shyness in front of your classmates.”

“Exactly. I learned to become invisible, one with the wall. I could tell that it really worked, because when people did notice me, they seemed surprised that I was still around. One time, my teacher scared my mother half to death by calling our house and asking why I wasn’t in school, when it turned out I’d been in class, actually was in class, right when she made the call. It takes skill to be that inconspicuous.”

“Something tells me that might have come in handy in your profession, while in dangerous territory.”

Blythe chuckled. Trust Evie to see something good in this, but she had to agree. She’d used the method more than a few times. “True. I learned some unexpected lessons in school, that’s for sure.”

“What did your parents say about your situation?”

Blythe went rigid, her muscles tensing merely from thinking about the house in Myrtle Beach, populated by the people who were her family. “Depends if you mean my father the ‘snap out of it, already’ dentist, or my mother the ‘shyness is a character flaw that will keep you from getting ahead’ teacher.”

“God. Let me see if I got that right. Your dad wants you to pull yourself together, and your mom thinks you need fixing to get ahead in life?”

“That’s pretty much it.”

“So, what did happen?”

Blythe gripped Evie’s legs tighter, since their tongue-in-cheek way of approaching her past only worked so far.

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