We Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: mom 03/21/2014
ISBN: 9780373710218
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Published: 2001-03-15T01:30:08.218000+00:00

SHE WAS GOING TO DIE!

Jaclyn screamed and squeezed Cole’s arm as he steered the sand rail up the huge mountain of sand. He gave it plenty of gas, and they shot straight to the top, going so fast it made her eyes water. Her stomach lifted as they sailed over the peak and hung suspended for a split second before landing with a solid thump. Then they hurtled down the other side.

“My face hurts from smiling,” she complained, wiping the moisture from her eyes when they reached the bottom. A fine layer of dirt covered her shirt, her shorts, her legs, everything, even her teeth, and her hair was completely windblown. But Cole wasn’t any cleaner. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a T-shirt that was no longer white. His ball cap was on backward, and he had a streak of dirt across his forehead and even more clinging to the smile lines of his face.

“You were screaming like a banshee,” he said, laughing.

Jaclyn tried to look indignant. “No, I wasn’t. I was trying to tell you something.”

“What? ‘Let me out’?”

For a second there, right as they’d reached the peak and looked as if they’d roll down the other side, Jaclyn had wanted out. Cole had been taking it easy on her before that, letting her get used to the machine he’d just bought secondhand from an ad in the paper. But this last ride was wild and frightening, and the most fun yet. “No, I was saying it’s my turn to drive.”

He nudged her playfully. “Liar. I tried to get you to drive before and you wouldn’t.”

“Well, I’m new at this.”

“I can’t believe Terry never brought you out here.”

Jaclyn’s eye followed a cloud of dust up the mountain. It was a Quadrunner, a low, four-wheeled motorcycle with wide knobby tires. “He did bring me out here. I just wouldn’t take a ride with him.”

“Why not?”

“I was too scared.”

Cole blinked at her in surprise. “So what made you get in with me?”

She wasn’t sure she had a good answer to that question. There was something about Cole that made her feel safe, as if he had everything under control, as if he could do anything. Probably because he’d done so much. When he’d left Feld, he had nothing. Now he was back and could write a check for a couple thousand dollars to buy a used sand rail out of the paper as though he were buying nothing more expensive than a pair of shoes. And when Jaclyn had asked him what he planned to do with it after today, he shrugged and said he’d take it home, like it was no big deal to part with so much money even though he didn’t know if he’d ever use the rail again.

“I guess I felt confident you wouldn’t kill me,” she said. “And I’ve had a blast. I’m glad I trusted you.”

He smiled. “So am I. Did you guys come out here often?”

“Not me. Terry did. It was kind of a guy thing.

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