With You: A Queensbay Small Town Romance (The Queensbay Series Book 5) by Drea Stein

Author:Drea Stein [Stein, Drea]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Barn Hill Media
Published: 2015-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

“What are you two up to?” Tory asked, dropping the mail she had picked up from the mailbox onto the spot on the counter where it normally went. Her mother would ruthlessly sort through it later, saving catalogs she wanted to read, setting aside her father’s mail, placing important bills that needed to be paid off into the organizer on her desk. Everything in Linda Somers’ life had a place.

Her mother and Joan Altieri looked up from where they were huddled around their two laptops. It looked like they were on the internet.

Tory’s mother quickly closed the cover of one of the computers, effectively cutting it off from view.

“Is that a new laptop?” Tory asked, looking over in interest. Her mother had used an old desktop for years, and had always said she didn’t need a new computer, despite Tory’s repeated offers to help her pick one out.

“No, umm, yes, sort of.”

“You bought one?” Tory said, going to take a closer look. She couldn’t help herself, a new computer to her was like a new toy to a four-year-old.

“Why didn’t you ask me? I would have helped you pick it out.”

“You seemed busy, and it’s just a small one.” Linda Somers smiled brightly as Tory moved closer, but her body was tense and rigid. Her mother clearly didn’t want her to take a closer look. Tory stopped, puzzled but amused. Maybe her mom and Joan had been looking at something slightly risqué. A gossip site, or perhaps they had discovered what happened when they mistyped something in the search box. You never knew where you would land.

Joan, being a good friend, closed her laptop as well, so Tory couldn’t look there either. Ok, so it would be snooping if she kept asking—but, hey, both of them were acting squirrelly, and she couldn’t help herself. They were up to something, she was sure of it.

“Joan was just trying to help me open a social media account,” her mom said as she moved over to the counter and opened up a Tupperware container which Tory was sure contained a full meal. Her mother cooked in bulk every Sunday, froze it, and they efficiently re-heated the different meals throughout the week.

“Would you like a cup of coffee?”

Tory shook her head. “Sorry, I can’t really stay. I forgot a jacket I wanted in my old closet. Mind if I run in and get it?”

“Of course not,” her mother said, and Tory was almost certain her mom sounded relieved to hear that she wasn’t planning on sticking around.

Tory ran up the stairs. A landing ran along the second floor, one way leading off to her parents’ bedroom. To the other side was Tory’s old bedroom. At some point, her mother had realized she would have only Tory and had knocked down the wall between the two bedrooms so that Tory had a combination bed and sitting room. It had felt pretty big as a kid growing up. There had been plenty of room for

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