That Week in Acapulco by Gaëlle Cathy

Author:Gaëlle Cathy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fiction, romance, lesbian, moving on, lesfic
Publisher: Gaëlle Cathy

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Happy New Life

A.k.a. Emma’s Story

Part One

“Dammit! Move!” Charlie exhaled loudly as she stared at the cars in front of her.

“Today of all days. Driving through Manhattan?” She looked in the rearview mirror, then at the side mirror, then straight ahead at the road again. Alecia, riding shotgun, observed her, holding back a chuckle.

“We’re going to be late,” Charlie raised one eyebrow, keeping her focus on the street and the mass of people on the pavement, ready to celebrate 2018 come midnight, as she went on, “Now that’s a thought that should make me happy.”

She released her grip on the wheel, sighed, and tightened her hold again.

“Cross that street and I run you over! Yeah,” she said, shaking her head before frowning in surprise at the sound of Alecia’s laughter filling the car. She glanced at her before looking back at the road again as they neared Washington bridge.

“What’s up?” Charlie asked.

“Oh, nothing. One would think you’re the one en route to meet the step-family, not me.”

Charlie’s smile was tense. “I know. Sorry. And they’re not my…family.”

“I know that, sweetie,” Alecia said, gently squeezing Charlie’s arm through her long sleeved T-shirt. “I just don’t know what else to call them.”

Charlie glanced at the passenger seat and smiled. “It’s complicated, huh? What the hell am I dragging you into?” As she spoke, Charlie reached for Alecia’s face and pulled a few of her dark-blond locks away from her face.

“It will be fine,” Alecia said, rubbing Charlie’s thigh.

“You’re right. I’m sorry. It’s just, you know, it’s not like I’ve seen them often, except for the double J team.” It always made Alecia smile the way Charlie referred to her younger half sister, Jessica, and her boyfriend, Justin. “Or Em, of course,” Charlie gazed at the window as she said her ex-girlfriend’s name. She looked back at the road as she stated, more confidently, “I certainly haven’t seen them all at once, and definitely not for such a special occasion. It’s really not how I envisioned spending New Year’s Eve, you know. Why the hell did I say yes?”

“I think it will be great. You want to see her.”

Charlie’s head turned to Alecia in a second. But Alecia smiled. “Not Emma. Your mother. You know what I mean.”

“Just Elisabeth. Shannon was my mother.”

“I know. I didn’t mean—” Alecia stopped at the gentle look Charlie gave her.

Charlie took Alecia’s hand in hers and brought it to her lips for a soft kiss while she stared at the road, careful not to run over the many jaywalkers.

She let a gentle laugh out before speaking. “And you thought you were the one with issues when we first met, huh?”

Alecia chuckled. “Well, your situation was quite something, indeed. Still is, I guess.”

“Nah,” Charlie swept the air with her hand, “Wonder why everyone even made such a big deal about it: My mother, Shannon, died when I was sixteen, except that she and my dad were not my biological parents since I was, in fact, the result of a stranger’s rape, and abandoned just as soon as I popped out.

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