Until there was You by Heatherly Bell

Author:Heatherly Bell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heatherly Bell

Gen kept checking her phone, but Wallace hadn’t replied to her text message. He’d just walked out of her house with Joe. Acted like the past glorious hours hadn’t happened. Other than the way he squeezed her hand before he left, it might have been any other day. But it wasn’t. It was a red letter day. The day she’d made love to Wallace Turlock. He was so— real. Not at all like her fantasies. Better.

She cleaned up the kitchen mess. How Joe hadn’t realized something unusual had to have occurred in order for her to burn dinner was a mystery. She tried not to linger long over the plate formerly filled with strawberries as she rinsed off the chocolate.

She straightened up the couch, changed her sheets and made her bed, put a dish of water out for the feral cat who had shown up again. He wasn’t any friendlier this time as his fur stood up, his back arched and he hissed at her as thanks for the water. Giving up on making friends with Satan, she went next door and checked on Mrs. Paulsen.

Then there was little to do but feel sorry for herself. Wallace hadn’t called or texted back. Well, she wouldn’t be ‘that girl.’ Not the girl who waited by the phone for his call. She’d never been that girl, and she wasn’t about to start now. Not even for Wallace.

Gen dialed Desiree. It was Saturday night, so she was taking a big chance that Desiree would be home. She picked up on the first ring.

“Do you know how you always want me to go out but I usually stay home and watch TV?” Gen asked.

“Don’t tell me you want to go out tonight.”

“I’m feeling stir crazy.”

“I can’t go out with you. I accidentally dyed my hair purple.”

“How did that happen?” Desiree was always trying new and bold colors but they weren’t usually that crazy.

“I was going for blue and I went a little too wild.”

Gen smothered a laugh. “That’s not a big deal.”

“You haven’t seen me yet.”

“Wear a hat.”

Desiree snorted into the phone. “You come over here and we’ll watch a movie on Netflix.”

“I’m going to take myself out to dinner at the diner. You should meet me there, if you want to hear about me and Wallace. We’re dating now,” Gen said.

Desiree gasped. “No way. I’ll see you there.”

Gen grabbed her purse and was out the door. The problem with Starlight Hill was that for all the beautiful vineyards dotted through town there was little night life. Usually she liked it that way. But tonight it would be nice to go dancing somewhere, maybe blow off some steam.

Of course there was the Tavern, where Wallace and Joe would be. But she couldn’t go there or she’d look desperate. She’d be fourteen again, the proverbial tagalong.

Fortunately the diner was open late on Saturday night, the owner’s, Em and Silas’, one concession to the lack of night life. Gen opened the door to the smells of homemade pot roast, fresh baked bread and butter.

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