That's (Not Exactly) Amore by Tracey Bateman

Author:Tracey Bateman [BATEMAN, TRACEY]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC000000, cookie429, Kat, Extratorrents
ISBN: 9780446538015
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2008-08-13T14:00:00+00:00

Nancy laughs at me later when I tell her about my mom’s comment. We’re sitting on the couch watching Sleepless in Seattle and recapping our respective weekends. “What’s wrong with a little divine intervention?” she asks. “Mothers’ prayers are always the most powerful.”

“My mother hadn’t stepped foot inside a church since I was a little girl. Now all of a sudden she’s going to church again and praying for me to ‘come around’?” Maybe I ought to ask her to pray for a good job and a knight on a white horse.

“Oh, Laini. Don’t be offended. Just be glad she’s happy.”

“I am glad she’s happy.” Time to shift. “Tell me about your weekend.”

Her face clouds. “Tyson came to visit. He won’t give up.”

“Tyson, your ex-boyfriend?”

We really haven’t discussed too much about her life before she moved in with me. But I know some of the bare essentials. She nods now. “Yeah, he won’t give up.”

“Are you sure you want him to?” I mean, a guy who loves her that much . . . Maybe it was a misunderstanding.

She rolls her eyes. “He’s married.”

Gulp.

“And I didn’t know it for two years.” Her dark eyes flash with indignation. “How did I not know that?”

I shrug. “He was sneaky, I guess?”

“You got that right.” She turns to me with a sudden, jerky move. “Do you know he had the nerve to tell me he left her? He just expected me to go running back into his arms.” Her voice breaks a little as tears well in her eyes.

I truly don’t know what to say. “I’m sorry, Nancy. Is there anything I can do?”

She shakes her head. “No. I sent him back to Chicago. I think he’s pretty clear now where we stand.” A rueful smile tips the corner of her mouth. “I suggested we call his wife and ask her if he’d left. He wouldn’t do it.”

So of course that means he didn’t really leave his wife. What a creep. If a woman with Nancy’s looks can’t find a decent guy, what hope do I have? Now I’m as depressed as she is.

“Did he really think I would go back to him anyway? I’m a Christian. I just don’t understand how I could be so fooled.”

My heart goes out to her and I slip my arm around her shoulders. “Love is blind.” I can’t believe I just said that.

“You know who I should go out with?”

I shake my head.

“Joe Pantalone. His nana has been pushing us at each other since we were kids. What do I have to lose?”

My arm drops like a load of concrete. Uh, your pretty little neck, girlfriend. Doesn’t she know that Joe and I—well, I don’t know what there is, but there’s something. And she should know that.

“You’re going with him to Nana and Papa’s anniversary dinner next Saturday night, aren’t you?”

“No.”

She frowns. “Joe said he was going to ask if you wanted to go. He wants to introduce you to a couple of the cousins. I think

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