Drawing Dead: A Small Town Romance (A Good Run Of Bad Luck) by Giulia Lagomarsino

Author:Giulia Lagomarsino [Lagomarsino, Giulia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

10

Carly

“What time is Sofia coming by?”

“Why?” I asked as I pulled out clothes for Alessa. Josh stood in the doorway, watching my every move. That’s the way it had been for days now. Even when Sofia was here, he never left my side.

“Because I’m not leaving until she gets here.”

I slammed the dresser drawer and turned to him, trying to rein in my anger. “Josh, you’ve stayed home for three days with me. It’s time to get back to work.”

“I am, just not until Sofia gets here.”

“You know, Sofia has a life of her own. You can’t just drag her away from her life for your own amusement.”

He leaned against the doorway. “It’s not for my own amusement. It’s to make sure you’re safe since you refuse to get a nurse.”

“Because I don’t need a nurse. Why don’t you just get me a life alert button?” I snapped.

“I thought about it.”

I slowly turned to him, my anger building by the minute. “And what stopped you?”

He shrugged slightly. “I didn’t think you’d wear it. Or if you did, you’d probably use it against me.”

“You’ve got that right.”

I pushed past him into the hallway, heading for the living room where Alessa was playing.

“Look, we’ve already got it all worked out. Sofia won’t have to be with you all the time. The other girls are willing to help out also.”

I smiled at Alessa, helping her take off her jammies. “I don’t need someone to stay with me. I’m on the seizure medication like you wanted. Do I really need a babysitter nonstop?”

“You’re lucky Ma isn’t out here yet.”

“You called her?” I asked unbelievably.

“Joe called her, but yes, I would have told her. But I also told her that we had things covered,” he said quickly.

I stood, slowly walking over to him. “Josh, when is she coming?”

He swallowed hard, his throat bobbing with the movement. “I…I didn’t say she was coming.”

“No, you said she wasn’t here yet. When is she coming?”

He was silent for a minute before saying, “Not until Friday.”

I threw my hands up in the air in frustration. “Unbelievable! Why would you think I would want to spend all that time with your mother?”

“What’s wrong with Ma?”

“Nothing. She’s great, but I don’t want her coming out here to watch over me. I’m an adult. I don’t need more people coming to watch out for me.”

“She’s just concerned.”

“She’s concerned, or you’re concerned?”

“Um…”

I scoffed and walked into the kitchen, needing my coffee for the day. As I was pulling the carafe out of the coffee maker, I bumped into a glass that Josh left on the edge of the counter and it fell to the floor, shattering into little pieces.

“Carly!” he shouted from the other room. He came skidding around the corner, looking at me frantically. “What happened? Are you okay? Did your hand go numb? Oh my God! It’s another symptom. We have to get to the hospital now!”

He rushed across the floor, crunching right over the glass and swooping me up into his arms before I had a chance to say anything.

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