Dotted Lines by Devney Perry

Author:Devney Perry [Perry, Devney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Devney Perry LLC

An hour later, I stared at Clara in amazement. There was no other word for her story. It was simply amazing.

“Handoffs. That’s . . . damn, that’s cool.”

“Right?” She’d been smiling for nearly the entire hour we’d talked. With every twist and turn of the Cadillac’s journey across the country, her smile seemed to widen.

And I kept on drowning, sinking deeper and deeper into those twinkling eyes and breathtaking smile.

“So Londyn’s in West Virginia,” I said. “Gemma and Kat in Montana. And you and Aria in Arizona.”

“Yep.” She nodded. “I don’t know if we would have come together again without that Cadillac. Maybe. I guess I like to hope so. But it’s been the catalyst. All because Londyn wants you to have it.”

“But I can’t take it.” I shook my head. “That car must have cost her a small fortune.”

“She doesn’t care about the money. She wants you to have it. You deserve that car. You were the one who made it safe for us to live at Lou’s. You stayed. You protected us.”

“It’s too much.”

“No, it’s not enough.” She shook her head. “Besides, I’m not taking it with me when we go home. And after you spend an hour or two behind the wheel, you’ll never let it go.”

I chuckled. “Should we go for a drive?”

“I was hoping you’d say that.” Clara nudged August away from the game. “Gus, time for a break.”

“Okay, Mom.” He looked up at her with so much love and admiration. That kid worshiped his mother. Lucky guy. All kids deserved to have a mother like Clara.

We hadn’t gotten into much of her story yet. Or his. I hoped we would on the drive because while my curiosity was sated for the moment, the hunger to know everything about her would return.

I stood from the couch and collected her empty coffee mug. We’d been so into the story, I hadn’t needed a refill. I’d been glued to her every word. “Let me put these in the sink. I’ll meet you outside.”

With flip-flops on my feet and my wallet tucked into a pocket of my shorts, I found them in the driveway. August was already buckled into his car seat while Clara stood beside the passenger door. Her green shorts left her long, tanned legs on display. A white tee draped over her trim frame.

Beautiful. She’d only grown more beautiful.

She tossed me the keys with a smirk and popped open her door.

It was strange, getting behind the wheel of a car I’d once slept in for months. One glance at the backseat and I didn’t see white leather or August, but Londyn lounging against one side while I was against the other, our legs tangled.

Clara followed my gaze. “It’s hard not to see her back there, isn’t it?”

“We had a lot of good times in this car.”

“What’s that saying? You never forget your first love.”

My gaze shifted to her face.

Londyn hadn’t been mine. I was sure that Clara thought so, but Londyn had been a great girlfriend.

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