The Fortuity Duet by Rochelle Paige

Author:Rochelle Paige [Paige, Rochelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-20T18:30:00+00:00

19

Faith

Shopping with Elaine was usually a super fun experience, but it could also be incredibly awkward at times. I was her son’s girlfriend. His live-in girlfriend, at that. So when she pulled an insanely cute bra and panty set off the rack to show it to me, I literally almost died of embarrassment.

“Elaine! You can’t show me stuff like that,” I hissed. “And you certainly can’t buy it for me.”

“But it’s so pretty,” she complained when I yanked it out of her hands and put it back on the shelf.

“You can show me all the pretty clothes you want, as long as it’s stuff I can wear out in public. No lingerie!”

“If I had your figure, I’d seriously consider wearing that in public.”

“You wouldn’t,” I muttered. “You really, really wouldn’t.”

“If you knew me back when I was your age,” she laughed, shaking her head. “Let’s just say, you might be shocked.”

“Okie dokie. I think this shopping trip is over. I shouldn’t have let you get that last glass of wine with lunch.”

“Maybe you’re right,” she sighed as I led her through the store and out the door to the parking lot where we’d left her car about five hours earlier. “I’m terrible at day drinking nowadays. I used to be able to polish off a bottle of wine with my friends over lunch. Easy peasy. But look at me now. I had two glasses with a full meal hours ago, and I’m going to have to give you the keys because there’s no way I can drive home.”

“Lucky for both of us, you don’t have to physically hand them over,” I muttered as I helped her into the car. I was thankful for the technology behind proximity keys after she’d searched her insanely large purse for several minutes without being able to find them. Those two glasses of wine really must have done a number on Elaine, because she fell asleep less than five minutes from the mall. She didn’t wake up when I pulled into the attached garage and turned off the engine.

“C’mon, let’s get you inside so you can get more comfortable for your nap.” I helped her out of the car, into the house, and onto one of the couches in the family room.

“Can you grab the mail for me?” she asked after I spread a throw blanket over her.

“Sure, let me bring the shopping bags in first.”

“Leave your stuff in the trunk and drive the car home. I’ll have Lloyd bring me over later so we can pick it up.” She gave a sleepy yawn and cuddled into the cushions.

Driving back to her house with Elaine in the passenger seat was one thing. Taking her car out by myself was a completely different story. “I can’t, Elaine. It’s worth more than I’ll make in like ten years as a social worker. What if something happened? I’ll just get a rideshare. It’s easier.”

“No.” She reached out and grabbed my hand. “It’s just a car, no matter how much Lloyd and I paid for it.

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