Sugar Rush by Elaine Overton

Author:Elaine Overton [Overton, Elaine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, General, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373861118
Google: CninL8DPkvIC
Amazon: B0023EFAK6
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2009-03-02T05:00:00+00:00

“At what point were you going to tell me Lonnie was having sex with Dante?”

Sophie waited for the lone customer to leave the store, and then quietly came up behind her grandmother.

Mae jumped in startled surprise. “Oh, Lord, Sophie! You trying to give me a heart attack?”

“Lonnie, Grandma. Why didn’t you tell me about Lonnie?”

“Didn’t see any need to.”

“You didn’t think I should know that my deliveryman and my mentally challenged cousin were lovers?” she whispered.

Mae shook her head. “No, I didn’t. In case you’ve forgotten, I am Lonnie’s legal guardian, not you. Not that it matters, considering both of them are over the age of consent.”

Another customer entered the store, and Sophie waited patiently for her grandmother to take care of him. Her brain was busy processing all she’d learned. And it bothered her a little that El, who’d only been working there a short while, had already figured all this out.

Once the customer left, she picked up where they’d left off. “Well?”

Mae glanced at her over her shoulder. “Well, what?”

“Lonnie. You took her to get birth-control pills and didn’t even tell me.”

As if she’d reached her end, Mae turned fully to her granddaughter, and Sophie knew the winds had changed when she put both hands on her hips. “Let’s get something straight, Sophie. I know you think I’m some senile old woman, but don’t forget I managed to raise five children, three of which were girls, long before you came into the world. And although I appreciate your help, I was also running this store long before you came into the world. I did what I thought was best for Lonnie and I don’t owe you, her trifling mama or anyone else an explanation for the decisions I made regarding that child. Is that understood?”

Sophie nodded dumbly.

Mae shook her head. “Sometimes, girl, you take too much on your shoulders. You’re not responsible for the whole world. Certainly not Lonnie and me.” Mae walked back into the kitchen, leaving Sophie alone in the front of the store.

“But sometimes, I feel like it,” Sophie said, then followed her grandmother into the kitchen.

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