The Things I Do For You by Mary Carter

Author:Mary Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

There was somebody to blame, there had to be. His mother. Hadn’t Martin Gregors hinted as much? Given what horrible maternal instincts the woman had, it was no wonder Brad couldn’t form intimate attachments with anything but shoes. If she could get Elizabeth to the lighthouse and entice Martin to come back, maybe he could do a little instant family therapy. Best-case scenario, Elizabeth was sober and ready to fall on the sword for what a horrible mother she’d been. Mother and son would make up, Elizabeth would spend the rest of her life making her son feel like he finally had a mother, and presto chango, Brad would be ready to become a father.

Worst-case scenario, maybe Martin could help Brad let go of his mother once and for all, and in doing so, he’d be able to fully commit to Bailey and their future bambinos. Time was running out. As soon as the morning was over, Bailey would sit down and write a letter to Elizabeth Jordan. She would get her to come to the lighthouse, whatever it took. But first she had breakfast to contend with.

Never again would Bailey believe in the phrase “The more the merrier.” Everyone was up early, but nobody was getting along. Kimmy and Ray wanted to leave and demanded that Bailey get in touch with Captain Jack. Bailey tried to explain that breakfast was included with their stay, but upon remembering nobody here was paying for their stay anyway, it didn’t much matter. Except for the fact that it was just barely seven A.M. and Captain Jack had made it clear on numerous occasions that unless it was an emergency (meaning willing to fork over big money), he wasn’t going to make any runs before ten A.M. When Kimmy and Ray heard that, breakfast was suddenly an enticing option.

Bailey went looking for Brad, but he was already out of bed and hiding God knows where. She hadn’t been able to sleep a wink last night. Brad was right beside her, snoring softly in their bed, while a thousand accusations swam around in her head. But she couldn’t bring herself to confront Brad about the story he’d told the group. Not yet. She was way too hurt—an ache in her heart rose every time she replayed the conversation in her head, and she was liable to say things she could never take back, or worse, threaten a breakup. And in his current state of mind and support from his fellow zombies, there was more than a chance Brad would be happy to see her go.

Zombies. Did she really just call them that? Since when had she become so spiteful? She hated it, she hated all this “near death” stuff. She wanted to be as far away from it as possible. Yet since their arrival, her husband had definitely perked up. There was a bounce in his step, a permanent smile on his face. Would the horrors never end?

Bailey headed for the kitchen. It’s

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