Tate Family Holidays by Hope Ford

Author:Hope Ford [Ford, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Ali

Why? Why am I doing this to myself? I’m a big girl. I’ve come to terms with it and I enjoy eating too much to go on a diet. So to counteract my tendency of overeating, I walk. My friend told me the best thing to do this is interval walking. Speed it up, slow it down. So that’s what I’m doing. I’ve put on fifty pounds since high school and I’m determined not to put on any more. I pick up the pace.

Not that I don’t have an excuse to put on some weight. I definitely eat my feelings. And these last few weeks have about done me in. My grandma passed away and has been gone a month now. She was my rock. My everything. She raised me since I was just a little girl. The news that she died hit me like a rock and now I’m here to get her house ready to put up for sale.

I had hoped I could stay in it, but I really can’t afford it. She had taken out another mortgage to help pay for my schooling. And I’m about to graduate, but I won’t have money coming in any time soon. Which is why I’m selling my childhood home. My stomach churns just thinking about it.

I’m on Thanksgiving break and although I had a lot of friends invite me to their houses, I knew I had to do this. So I drove the hour and a half home to get it taken care of.

I can feel the sweat trickle down my forehead and I swipe at it before it hits my eyes. When I’m gasping for breath, I slow down abruptly to a slower walk.

Sensing someone watching me, I look around the track but there are only a few walkers. A few that have passed me a few times now. But I still feel someone watching me. I turn behind me, gasp and start to fall to the pavement.

Behind me, on my very heels, is Ford Tate. The Ford Tate from my high school days. He is the older brother of my friend Abby, and also the star in every dream I’ve ever had that involves me and sex.

I know my eyes are wide as my whole body tenses up, knowing I’m about to hit the hard ground. I clench my eyes shut and wait for the impact.

But it never comes.

I feel strong arms go around me, pulling me up until I’m plastered to a hard chest, and my whole body is fit snug against him.

I open my eyes. Staring back at me are Ford’s deep brown eyes and he has a big smile covering his whole face.

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