The Champagne Sisterhood by Chris Keniston

Author:Chris Keniston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Indie House Publishing
Published: 2013-08-21T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

“You sneaky son of a bitch!”

Mark did the closest thing possible on a narrow couch to rolling over. He didn’t like this dream. Nothing worse than scorned blondes with mouths like truck drivers.

“Damn you. Wake up!”

In a chilling rush the blankets were ripped away and he realized this was no dream.

“How could you?” Anna stood over him, her hands fisted at her waist, her eyes shooting daggers, and for a groggy moment, he thought he saw steam coming from her ears.

“How could I what?” Sitting up, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes, thankful he’d brought pajamas instead of sleeping in his usual boxers.

“Who the hell are Howard and Amanda Prescott?”

His hands froze. Through the tips of his fingers he could see Kat hovering behind Anna, pale as the paper on his drafting board. Shit.

“Damn it. Answer me! Is it true? Are they Tom’s parents?”

Resting his hands on either side of him, he took a deep breath, then another. “Yes.”

“Son of a bitch.” Anna did an about face and marched off. Turning on her heel, she walked back to within inches of where he sat, paused long enough to glower at him, before returning to her pacing. “Why the hell didn’t you tell us?”

Kat sank into the nearest chair. “What were you thinking?”

“That I’d face the devil himself before I’d risk those people finding out about Marcia.”

“You could have told us.” Her fists still tightly clenched beside her, Anna stopped and stared out the back window. With one hand she reached into her pocket and tossed a fistful of pills into her mouth.

“I considered it. But if you must know, that...” He pointed in her direction with a slight lift of his chin. “Is one reason I didn’t tell you. You have enough to worry about. You didn’t need more on your plate to aggravate those ulcers you don’t have. I thought I could keep them from finding out about Marcia. Ever.”

“Tom and Barb never told them about the baby. Hell, they never even told his parents they were married. As far as Tom and Barb were concerned, Howard and Amanda were dead, Tom had no parents. I thought it best to keep it that way.”

He wanted to go to her, touch her, ease the tension he could see building in her stiffened shoulders, pull her into his arms, let her know she could lean on him, but he didn’t dare move.

“Well they did find out! If I’d known, been prepared...” She blew out a deep breath. With one arm wrapped across her waist, Anna brought her other hand up to her forehead. Two fingers rubbed back and forth, easing her frown. “Maybe you should start at the beginning.”

Mark glanced from one woman to the next. It was amazing. For two women with such different features, they looked like matching bookends. Kat’s deep brown eyes were steady, her gaze sharp enough to pierce stone. Anna’s lips pressed into such a tight thin line, he could almost see the back of her teeth grinding impatiently.

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