The F-Word: A Second Chance Romance by Annabelle Costa

Author:Annabelle Costa [Costa, Annabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rose Bud Press
Published: 2020-11-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Blake

It’s strange driving a car with Audrey and the kids with me. I didn’t own a car before my injury, but I occasionally rented one for trips. The last time I had the three of them with me in the car was Before. Back when everything in my life was whole and perfect. I didn’t even realize how good I had it. It’s hard to look back at that time without feeling sad, knowing what was in my future.

But it’s hard to be sad with these three in the car. Katie especially doesn’t leave much room for sorrow. She’s singing along to songs on the radio, but changing key lyrics to the word “poop.” That’s Katie’s “thing.”

“Cuz the players gonna poop, poop, poop,” she sings in a near-perfect rendition of Taylor Swift, “and the fakers gonna poop, poop, poop, baby. And I’m just gonna poop, poop, poop. Poop it off, I poop it off.”

“Ugh, stop it, Katie!” Andy groans, but I have to laugh.

“She’s going through an annoying phase,” Audrey says to me.

“Her life is an annoying phase,” Andy says. “I can’t wait to spend the night away from you on Thursday, Katie.”

I glance at the kids in the backseat. Every fifteen to twenty minutes, Andy has brought up that camping trip he’s taking with Patrick. I’m glad he’s excited. But I wish he were excited about something he and I were doing together. That little talk we had at the diner only made things worse. Now it’s awkward between us, because I know he’s been purposely leaving me out of things.

And the worst part is, I have no idea what to do about it. He and Patrick are going on this camping trip, and they’re going to bond even more. When Audrey gets married, my family is going to become Patrick’s family. Katie is undyingly loyal, but I’m scared of losing Andy. It’s bad enough I lost Audrey.

And part of me is worried about what sort of man Patrick is. He used her credit card to make a huge purchase. Without telling her. What sort of person does something like that? She was trying to blow it off, but I could tell she was very upset.

Katie continues to sing about poop the entire way back to Audrey’s apartment building. When I pull up in front of the building, I feel a flash of sadness. I wish we were all going home together.

When Audrey gets out of the car, I look over at her. “You’ve got to get my chair out of the trunk, remember?”

I don’t want her to forget that part. If she doesn’t do that for me, I’m screwed. I can’t get it myself.

Her cheeks grow pink—she looks so pretty with her hair cut that way. She looks so much like the girl I locked eyes with at that party all those years ago—even then I had a feeling she’d be my wife someday. “Oh, sorry.”

“I’ll get it, Daddy!” Katie pipes up.

Audrey’s eyes widen. “Is… is that okay?”

I press the button to pop the trunk.

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