Sweet Child of Mine by London Billy

Author:London, Billy [London, Billy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781304655387
Publisher: Shara Azod, LLC
Published: 2013-11-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“What did your boyfriend say when you said you were coming away with us?” Leila asked over the dinner table.

Liam and Abigail both stared at her in horror. They’d barely arrived in Newquay, after a four-hour drive that had all the comforts of family. Together they’d eaten their way through strawberry laces, drunk cans of Diet Coke, and played quizzes on Liam’s iPad as entertainment. Abigail was most amused that Liam could sing along to “Best Song Ever” word for word and in tune. Between them, they’d chosen their bedrooms in the apartment with Liam and Abigail separated by a bathroom and decided to have a meal in public where they could just eat and talk. Leila had other ideas, it seemed.

“What do you mean boyfriend?” Abigail asked slowly.

“Don’t you have one?”

“Leila,” Liam interrupted. “That’s none of your business.”

His daughter widened her eyes. “I was just asking! Touchy. It wasn’t for you anyway, I was asking Abigail. Obviously.”

“You’ve got three seconds to apologise for your attitude or you can go back to the apartment.”

Hasty for the dinner to not dissolve into a war, Abigail held out her hands. “It’s fine.”

“It’s not.” Liam’s anger was palpable. “I thought you were behaving better.”

Leila squirmed in her seat. “I didn’t mean it like that. I’m sorry.”

He rubbed a hand over his face. “You like testing me.” He opened his eyes and glared at Abigail. “Don’t answer that question either.”

His directness sent a shiver of lust through her. She liked him when he was commanding. “Okay,” she said peaceably. “But that’s the joy of being a grown up. You get to do what you like.”

Leila sucked at her virgin cocktail, a blue monstrosity in a tall glass. “Can’t wait for that.”

“No you don’t,” they both disagreed.

“Adulthood,” Abigail continued, “comes with a huge array of complications you don’t have at school. Trust me.”

“Do you mean bills and mortgages and stuff?” She gave a shrug. “Mum left me a trust fund. I’m sure it’ll cover it, won’t it, Dad?”

He looked pained. “Where is this conversation going?”

“I’m just saying I shouldn’t be broke when I’m twenty-one. Because of Mum.”

“One decent thing she did,” Liam muttered under his breath. Abigail’s eyes instantly went to Leila, but she was too busy rhapsodising to hear.

“...a lot more than even Rebecca’s going to get from her parents, so yeah. Where do you live, Abigail?”

“Edge of Teddington. Nice split-level flat. Pretty much the opposite end of Teddington to you and your dad.”

“So you’re pretty close,” she mused. “You could come over. We’ve got a huge TV ’cause Dad’s a bit of a nerd. He’s all about superhero movies.”

“Ah,” she said, a teasing smile on her face, “Is that what the beard is about?”

“This beard is a thing of majesty,” he asserted, stroking the hairs on his chin imperiously.

“He grew a moustache once,” Leila confided. “For charity. It was hideous.”

She gazed at him for a moment. Nope. She wouldn’t have minded a moustache either. Not for a minute.

“It wasn’t hideous. It was a manly thing to do.

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