Falling in Love...Again by Anonymous

Author:Anonymous
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578098470
Publisher: BroadLit

From The Celebrated True Love Wacky-Ways-To-Meet-Men Files!

A TICKET TO HAPPINESS

Getting pulled over by a hunky police officer is the best thing that ever happened to me!

As I sat in the bumper-to-bumper traffic that Thursday afternoon, I could feel my frustration level rising. I was already twenty minutes late for my daughter’s second-grade open house, and I didn’t have a chance of making it if the traffic didn’t move—and soon!

I knew that Shannon would be upset with me. I’d promised her that I’d be there.

Being a single mom isn’t easy. I found it extremely difficult to juggle the demands of my job at the automotive plant and all the household chores while still tending to my daughter’s needs.

I hadn’t planned on being thirty-two and single, and I’d certainly never intended to raise my daughter alone. But Roger, my former husband, had decided that one woman wasn’t enough to keep him happy. He’d left Shannon and me two years before and we rarely saw or heard from him.

I had been dating some, but really, I’d been praying that God would send me a nice man to grow old with. Unfortunately, my prayers hadn’t been answered yet. Most of the men I met weren’t worth the effort; they either were too old or too young, married, irresponsible, on ego trips, and, well—the list went on.

Seeing a small clearing up ahead, I quickly passed the car in front of me and pressed down on the accelerator. I wove in and out of traffic, trying to get ahead where I could. After a few minutes of that, I reached the suburb where my daughter’s school was located. If I hurried, and got lucky with the traffic lights, I’d have a chance of getting to the school before Shannon’s teacher left for the day. I took a deep breath as hope rose inside of me. Just a few more blocks and I’d be there!

That hope was crushed the minute I heard the siren. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a police cruiser behind me. Feeling nervous and extremely embarrassed, I pulled my car over to the side of the road.

I took another deep breath and gritted my teeth as I waited for the officer to approach my car. I was angry with myself. Why hadn’t I just driven the speed limit? By driving faster than the law allowed, I’d only made matters worse for myself. I looked at my watch. Now there was only a slim chance that I’d make it to Shannon’s school before the end of the day. My daughter was going to be so disappointed.

I slammed my hand against the steering wheel. “Idiot!”

“Are you calling me an idiot?”

I winced. “Certainly not, Officer.”

“Good. License and registration, please.”

As I dug around in my purse for the items, I wondered if there was any way that I could talk the officer out of giving me a ticket. Maybe he was a dad and would take pity on me. Maybe if I told him how much I regretted my actions, he’d show me some mercy and let me go.

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