Survivor by Mary Alford

Author:Mary Alford [Alford, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-62135-601-1
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 2017-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

There was another family tradition reserved just for my grandmother and me, but I didn’t tell Aaron about that one.

Sometime after I became a teenager, we’d gotten in the habit of waking up before dawn, usually before Grandpa Harry even, to have coffee and a little girl talk.

“Well I was beginning to think you’d forgotten about me,” she told me when I finally staggered downstairs at five thirty the following morning. “I was wondering what else has changed about you lately.”

I knew exactly what she meant by that but I wasn’t biting. No way was I prepared to get into a discussion about Aaron without coffee first.

So, I ignored Grandma Ruth’s remark entirely and reached for a cup and the coffeepot. I sat across the table from her and counted to ten.

“Whatever you think is happening between Aaron and me you can just forget because it ain’t happening. There’s nothing going on between us beyond friendship. He’s just my boss. You know how I feel about the other stuff, so you can just forget it.”

“You can say whatever you want, but you’ve never brought any of your other friends home before, and I’ve certainly never seen you look so nervous around a man before.”

I realized getting her to see the truth was going to be harder than I’d imagined. My grandmother could be a stubborn woman when she wanted to be. I looked her square in the eye and tried to set her straight.

A little voice inside my head told me I wasn’t fooling anyone, especially the woman seated across from me, if I thought I wasn’t at least interested in Aaron.

After all, I was human, even if I did try to shut that part of me away completely, and Aaron was gorgeous. Any woman in her right mind would be crazy not to want to be with him.

“It’s not like that. I mean just look at him. He’s way out of my league, even if I were interested. Which I’m not, and besides, Aaron isn’t interested in anything…permanent. There would be exactly zero chance of me having a meaningful relationship with someone who doesn’t understand anything but the physical side of love. Aaron is used to dating the prettiest girls around and sleeping with them.” I’d added that part to shock her back to her senses, but I had a feeling the only thing I’d accomplished was to embarrass myself. “He’d never settle for me or what I could give him, that is, if I were interested in him, which I’m not. I mean come on, what do I possibly have to offer a guy like Aaron?”

“Only your heart, honey. And all the love in the world.”

“Oh, Gran.” I practically groaned those words. “You’re not ever going to give up, are you? I mean, even if I could trust Aaron, you know I can’t let myself get attached to him. I mean what if…” I didn’t have the guts to finish the statement. I didn’t need to. She understood completely.

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