Complete We (A Her Billionaires Novella #4) by Kent Julia
Author:Kent, Julia [Kent, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-11-14T16:00:00+00:00
Josie
Josie held Noi’s leash like it was a rabid skunk.
“I cannot believe he got into the lake,” she tsked.
“I knew this would happen,” Alex muttered, giving her a disapproving side-eye. “It’s all your fault.”
“My fault?” They trudged up the steps to Meribeth and John’s house. Alex opened the front door for her, Noi walking slowly, as if he knew he were about to be chastened.
Or worse—bathed.
“I should never have let go of the leash.”
“That’s right—your fault.”
“You had me by the balls, Josie. Literally.”
She turned bright red and looked at a spot over his shoulder. He turned around.
Meribeth.
With eyebrows so far up her face they might as well have been a hat.
“What are you—oh, no! What happened to Noi?” she asked, bending down awkwardly to check out the coffee-colored dog.
Who chose that exact moment to shake himself vigorously, spraying mud spatters all over Meribeth’s face, chest, and arms.
Josie’s eyes widened with horror. Alex stood stock-still and speechless. John entered the room just as Noi shook, his collar jingling with the effort, and all the humans just stared.
If that had just happened to Josie’s mother, Marlene would have taken to screaming, blaming Josie, shaming Josie, threatening to get rid of the dog and finding three past transgressions to rub in Josie’s face, too.
With that kind of baggage burrowed deep in her psyche, Josie found it hard even to look at Meribeth, whose mouth was in an “O” of surprise, little mud smudges dotting her lipsticked lips.
And then she began to giggle. Meribeth’s head bent down, her chest shaking, the draping folds of her multicolored jacket shimmering with motion.
“Oh, my,” she gasped as she laughed. “I should have known better than to bend down and greet a muddy dog.”
Josie’s face morphed into confusion.
Blaming herself? In what universe did a mother blame herself for something like this?
Alex and John reached down to help Meribeth stand, each taking one arm. “You know,” John said though a mixture of laughter and snickering, “we did just clean the hot tub yesterday. I can fire it up. You take a quick shower and we can jump in.”
That sounded like a big cue for Josie and Alex to leave.
Besides, they had some unfinished business. Well, Alex had finished. Josie, on the other hand…
Marriage? Alex’s talk about marriage made her insides turn to pudding. She knew that they were on that journey, but figured it was a three-thousand-mile journey and they were still on their first tank of gas—not getting ready for the final leg before reaching the destination.
“You kids want to join us?” Meribeth asked, holding her hands out from her body, laughter dying down. She looked at Josie in earnest. “It’s a nice night to relax and get wet.”
Alex turned a choking laugh into a fake cough. Josie loved how dirty his mind was.
“Um, no…thanks. Thanks, Mom,” he said, wrapping an arm around Josie’s shoulders. “In fact, I have to be at the hospital at seven, so we need to go home and get to bed.”
Hell yes, we do, Josie thought.
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