Bourbon and Bluebells (The Hamiltons Book 7) by SJ McCoy

Author:SJ McCoy [McCoy, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Xenion, Inc
Published: 2022-09-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

As soon as Alyssa got home from work, she went straight into the shower. When she came out, she dressed in her favorite pajamas and tied her hair up in a ponytail to dry. It had been a long, hard day.

Not that there was anything particularly hard about the job; she enjoyed it. But today, she’d had to deal with far too many people for her liking. It was understandable from their perspective; they wanted to know how she was getting along with her preliminary assessment. Each department head had wanted to chat, ostensibly to make sure that she was doing okay and didn’t need anything, but this wasn’t her first rodeo; she knew that they were each hoping that her report wouldn’t reflect badly on them. And it wouldn’t – they were a great team.

But tonight, she was ready for a break. It wasn’t often that she sat in front of the TV, but that was her plan for this evening. She was going to order in and then veg out.

She gave her phone the evil eye when it rang from its place on the island. If it was her mum, she was just going to ignore it. She’d already filled her in on how great the new apartment was. She’d given her a video tour on Monday night, when all she’d really wanted to do was sit and think about Bentley and what a great weekend they’d had.

She had to go and check. She doubted that it would be him, but she wouldn’t risk missing a call from Bentley. When she checked the screen, she was relieved that it wasn’t her mum, but she wasn’t nearly so thrilled as usual to see that her dad was calling.

She reached for the phone and then hesitated. There was no reason not to talk to him. She wanted to talk to him. The only thing she didn’t want was to have to lie to him. Then again, he was hardly likely to ask about Bentley.

“Hi, Dad,” she answered.

“Hey, sweetheart. How are you doing?”

“I’m great, thanks. How are you?”

“I’m good. How did the move go? Now that you’re in the new place, I can tell you that I sat here being twitchy all weekend.”

Alyssa’s heart leaped into her mouth. Did he somehow know that Bentley had been here? “Why?” she asked cautiously.

He laughed. “Because I’m your dad. When you said that you were moving, I wanted to be the one to move you. I wanted to offer to come. I … I just … I know I haven’t been around for anything like that for you before.”

“Aww! That’s so sweet of you, Dad. And don’t you dare feel bad. The only reason you haven’t been around for things is because she wouldn’t let you.”

“I’m not saying anything bad about your mom.” He let out a short laugh that sounded like he was thinking it, even if he wouldn’t say it. “That’s all behind us now. I think what bothers me more is that there’s still a distance between you and me.

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