The Cowboy's Virgin by Emerson Rose

Author:Emerson Rose [Rose, Emerson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prism Heart Press
Published: 2017-05-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Voilà! We have a home.

Charlotte

When I arrive at the hotel my mother is on the phone with someone important and Dad is sitting next to her listening to her end of the conversation with bated breath.

I know the person is important because my mother sounds like a slave speaking to her master. Yes sir, no sir, I’d be happy to meet with you sir, this is incredible news sir.

“What’s going on?” I ask Stella who is sitting on the bed closest to the door watching mom with one eye and her phone with the other. She’s on her phone a lot lately. I suspect it’s got something to do with her new secret boyfriend. The one I haven’t had time to investigate.

“Dunno, some lawyer.”

“Why’s Dad look like he’s going to pee himself?”

“I think it’s something about the Hill’s land that he’s always saying is ours.”

I’m impressed. Beau didn’t waste any time getting this arranged and it’s a good thing because I have to get back to school. Three of my professors emailed me this morning asking when I could make up the tests and clinical times that I’ve missed since I’ve been gone.

“Really?”

“Yeah, and there’s a house on that land now so if I’m deciphering her end of the conversation right they might have a place to live.”

“Wow, that’s great.”

“Don’t get excited, I might be wrong.”

I would try to squelch my happiness but since I know she is right I don’t bother.

“What a relief, I have to get back to school. This couldn’t have happened at a better time.”

“Don’t count your chickens, like I said, I could be wrong.”

Ignoring her I look around the tiny room for a sleeping Jake Jr. but he’s nowhere in sight. “Where’s Jake Jr.?”

“With Cammie at her apartment. She told him he could live with her until he finds a place of his own, which you know as well as I do means he will be living there forever.”

“No way.”

“Yep, told ya, she’s totally into him.”

“So weird.”

“Shush, girls, mom’s talking business,” dad says holding his pointer finger over his lips like he did when we were little girls snickering in church.

I mouth I’m sorry to him and Stella stands motioning me towards the door. We step outside into the perfect spring weather imaginable. The sun is shining bright, there is a light breeze blowing and the distant scent of wildflowers.

“Where the hell were you last night?” She fires her question off hard bursting today’s streak of perfection like a giant bubble.

“Gosh, snappy much?”

“Answer the question.”

“What’s your problem?”

“Charlotte, you didn’t expect me to believe that vague ass text about spending the night with a friend from high school did you?”

“Well, yes, I guess I did.” It wasn’t a complete lie. I did spend the night with someone from high school. I didn’t know him back then but whatever.

She taps a cigarette from her pack and snorts, “You can lie to other people but this is your sister, fess up or I’ll make something terrible up to tell mom and dad.

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