Broken Pasts by C.M. Stunich

Author:C.M. Stunich [Stunich, C.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Sarian Royal
Published: 2013-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Cedric and I were playing a game of chess when Rhea came through the front door. I stood up quickly and caught sight of her friend's mother, Sheila I think it was, disappearing down the front walk. I'd asked her to walk Rhea to the door, but I guess she hadn't felt the need to say hi to me. I supposed it was because Sheila was one of those lunching, married-to-a-doctor type mothers. She didn't work and spent all day driving around town in her Escalade, shopping. I, on the other hand, was a twice divorced single mom with a business to run. I wasn't included in her preppy little club which was fine by me, but I still found her behavior rude. It's why I always took Jamie to school functions. “Oh, you're a doctor?” she would say and put her arm around my waist, making me fidget. “Well, I'm a lawyer. And a lesbian. Ever get some from a chick? Beats nasty old dick any day.” I sighed at the memory and watched to make sure that Rhea locked the door behind her. No sign of Gary since the house incident, but I wasn't going to write him off just yet.

Rhea paused and raised her eyebrows at the sight of the big man.

“Where's Nathaniel?” were the first words out of her mouth. I gave her a half-smile and kissed her head.

“Did you have a good time?” I asked as I got her a glass of juice that she didn't ask for. I was overcompensating. How stupid. When she gave me a weird look, I felt cornered and blurted out, “He doesn't live here you know.”

“Duh,” Rhea said as she scooted past me and down the hall. “But why is he here and not Nathaniel? Do you have two boyfriends or something? What would Dad think?” I rolled my eyes and tried to resist the urge to tell her that I didn't give a shit what her dad thought. He left me because I had cancer. He left me because he never loved me, because reproduction was more important to him than I was.

“Are you hungry?” I asked instead.

“No,” Rhea called out, voice muffled by her partially closed bedroom door. “We had duck breast with apple honey sauce.” And then she slammed the door closed completely. Cedric was shaking, obviously trying his best not to laugh. I put my hands on my hips.

“Duck breast?” I said, feeling like I wanted to do a little stalking myself, chase Sheila down and slit her tires. Who feeds duck to a nine year old? Whatever happened to mac 'n' cheese? Hot dogs? Pizza? “Well fuck me sideways.”

“Ms. McMaster, if I may,” Cedric said, steeling his face as he turned to look at me. Despite all of his professionalism sputters, I had gotten him to eat a sandwich and play a game with me. Now, unfortunately, it looked as if he was getting all serious bodyguard on me. “I think it might

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