Forbidden Prescription 5 by Stephanie Brother

Author:Stephanie Brother [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Earl

O pal was attractive for a woman of fifty-five, but not in the same way as Tabitha. Her good looks were largely due to men in the same field as myself. Take away all the work and makeup and Opal would look like anyone else’s grandmother. Tabitha was raw beauty. For the first time I saw just how different the two woman looked. Most of Tabitha’s looks came from her father’s Cuban side. I could sense the tension in the air as soon as the door was opened, but hopefully that would all pass quickly .

“Well, this is a surprise,” said Opal breathlessly. She smiled at us. “Please come in! I’m so happy to see the both of you !”

She reached across and wrapped me into a cold embrace. Tabitha made no effort to hug Opal back when she did the same to her. As Opal pulled away, I looked at Tabitha expectantly. She rolled her eyes at me then cleared her throat .

“It’s good to see you too, Mother,” she huffed out .

“I was just telling Selina what a shame it was we missed you at the wedding here. You really should have come. It’s not every day your mother gets married,” she scolded .

“It’s not all that infrequent either,” Tabitha shot back. “I’ll be sure to catch the next one .”

Opal glared at her and took a tall glass of champagne from a waiting server. She had it gone in one drink to my surprise. Hopefully she did this sort of thing all the time and I hadn’t made a terrible mistake .

“Don’t be silly, Tabitha. You always did have a flare for the dramatics. Gary and I are in love. There will never be another man for me .”

She smiled at my father as he walked in and stood next to her. He shook my hand then extended one for Tabitha. She took it, though I could see her guard was up .

“You must be Tabitha. I must say that we missed you at the wedding. It’s no matter though. You are here now and that’s what we will focus on! A celebration! What luck that you and Earl met each other recently .”

“Yes dear,” interjected Opal. “It surely must have been luck. Darling, did Earl not make it clear tonight was a formal dinner ?”

I winced at Opal’s blatant attack on Tabitha, though it seemed to go right over my father’s head. I had to say something or there was going to be bloodshed before we even made it to the appetizers. If any part of me thought that this was going to be an easy reunion before, I knew that I was wrong now. I had my work cut out for me .

Quickly, I cleared my throat. “Tabitha was telling me how you quit college to take care of her father when he was sick. That was a very generous thing for you to do. What were you studying ?”

For the first time I saw a similarity between the two women as they both glared at me.

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