Uncovering Love: The Wedding by Kacey Shea

Author:Kacey Shea [Shea, Kacey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Uncovering Love Series novella
Publisher: Kacey Shea Books LLC
Published: 2017-06-29T16:00:00+00:00

IT’S KIND OF LATE, BUT Melissa answers my text when I tell her I’m coming over. A few minutes later I pull my car to the curb of their single family home. The neighborhood is cute, row after row of perfect little cookie cutter homes with low maintenance desert landscapes. Even without the house number, I can differentiate my sister’s from the others by the little flag stand at the walkway. She changes it out with different designs to go along with the holiday or time of year. I tease her because, living in Arizona, we don’t really get seasons. What we get is nice weather for some months and then sweltering heat for the rest of the year. She doesn’t care though, and this month’s flag is patterned in blossoming tulips to welcome spring.

Before I can knock or let myself in, my sister opens the door. Her belly separates us farther than I like, but she pulls me inside and hugs me anyway. “Oh, Evie,” she says and it’s then I realize I’m crying.

My niece’s laughter floats from down the hall and I ease out of her embrace, wiping the tears from my face.

“Wanna talk about it?”

“Not really, but I think I should. Where’s Drew?”

“Putting Claire to bed. Or rather, trying to.” When I raise my eyebrows—it’s almost ten o’clock—Mel just rolls her eyes and walks past me toward the kitchen. “She’s wound up and won’t stay in her bed. This is like the tenth try. Must be the full moon. Brings out the crazy in everyone.”

“You think she’d give up by now. Or you could build her a cage,” I suggest, sliding onto one of the barstools.

“Putting an eighteen month old in a cage is frowned upon. Though I won’t lie, it’s tempting. That girl is incredibly tenacious. Also, I think she thrives on her parents’ exhaustion.” My sister flicks on the water at the sink and resumes scrubbing a pile of dirty dishes.

“Let me do that for you.” I stand, but she narrows her death stare on me so I plop my butt back in the chair.

“I’m pregnant, not disabled.” She rubs the rough end of the sponge over the Teflon pan and raises one eyebrow. “Now, tell me what’s going on.”

I wring my hands together atop the counter and bite the inside of my cheek when I consider my argument with Tate. We never fight like that. Ever. “Can I stay here tonight?” I try to get the words out as evenly as I can. Maybe not well enough.

Melissa flicks the faucet off, dries her hands, and comes around the kitchen island to take the seat beside mine. “You know you can, but why would you need to? Did Tate do something to you? Did he hurt you?”

“Yes.” I nod, but when her eyes widen with alarm I shake my head. “No. Not the way you think. It’s just that he lied to me and now I don’t know what to believe anymore.” Her face falls and she nods because she gets it.

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