Sweet Contradiction by Peggy Martinez

Author:Peggy Martinez [Martinez, Peggy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-07-10T04:00:00+00:00

en and I shared a very quiet lunch together before I excused myself to take a nap before I had to get ready for my evening with Matt. I couldn’t sit there and make small talk with her knowing that she could have the same thing that killed her mom and yet she was pretending nothing was going on. I rolled over on my bed with my earplugs in and let the soothing sounds of Louis Armstrong calm my frantic thoughts just enough not to run back downstairs and shake some sense into my best friend. She was scared. Simple as that. And I had to make her see that no matter what, I would be there for her. I lay in my bed so long, thinking over everything that had happened in the past week that I almost ran late getting dressed.

Matt didn’t tell me where he was taking me, but he did say we would have dinner somewhere relaxed. I opted for a teal and cream striped maxi dress with a little black shrug and a pair of black wedges. I left my hair down and kept my makeup to a bare minimum. He, of course, was right on time and I was glad I wouldn’t have to stand around and chat with him and Jen before we left since she was taking a shower.

“You seem awfully quiet tonight,” Matt said gently as we rode out of town once again. I shrugged a shoulder and sighed.

“Just a lot on my mind,” I muttered.

“Anything you need to talk to someone about?” he asked.

“No, but thank you.” I smiled and made an effort to push all my worry about Jen out of the forefront of my mind for the night. His eyes searched my face. I knew he could tell I was a little off, but I was grateful he didn’t push or prod. We turned down a road and I saw a small church sitting up on a pretty hill up ahead and gasped.

“You said it wasn’t a church!” I snapped, my eyes wide with the pain of betrayal. Matt’s head snapped to the side and his eyes met mine. I could see the anger building behind his eyes.

“I did say that, and I’m not the kind of man who would lie about something like that,” he growled at me. I realized a little too late that we weren’t slowing down to turn up the church’s driveway, instead we were bypassing it. I glanced over at Matt, who had a tick in his jaw from the force with which he had been grinding his teeth.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered lightly. “I’ve had a long day, I’m just a little on edge.” Matt nodded in my direction with his eyes never leaving the road. A few miles later we pulled off the road in front of a large wrought iron gate, where Matt got out to open for us to pass through. When he got back in the truck, I raised my brow, wondering where the heck we were.

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