Getting Serious by Rachel Spangler

Author:Rachel Spangler [Spangler, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635550696
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Home is good? Seriously? A beautiful woman just asked to go back to her place and the best response she could come up with was Home is good? Damn. She needed to up her game, but women like Marty didn’t generally ask to go back to her place in the middle of the afternoon, or ever.

“Be cool, keep it together, act natural,” she muttered as she walked around the back of the car to get Marty’s suitcase out. She was making too big a deal of this. She already knew Marty would be staying with her tonight. Did it matter when they ended up there? “She asked to see your house, not to have sex.”

“What’s that?” Marty asked.

“Nothing.”

“Do you often talk to yourself?”

“Yeah,” Lisa admitted sheepishly. “I guess I do.”

“I find that endearing.”

Lisa smiled and grabbed Marty’s suitcase. “Endearing. Go figure. Most people would’ve gone with unsettling, or maybe unstable.”

“I’m not like most people,” Marty said as she turned and climbed the front steps to the house.

Lisa watched her, particularly enjoying the sway of her hips. No, I don’t suppose you are.

“Wow, what a beautiful home,” Marty said as she walked through the front door.

Lisa let herself feel a little bit of pride. It was a nice place. Not a mansion by any standard, but the old Victorian had abundant charm. The open foyer still had the original hardwood floors and trim, and the hand-carved railing to the staircase was likely original to the house. “You want the full tour?”

“Of course.”

“Let’s take this upstairs and start there,” Lisa said, lifting the suitcase once more. At the top of the staircase she pointed toward a closed door. “That’s Elaine’s office. I don’t go in there, but I’m sure you can.”

“It’s okay, I’ve seen it on Skype.”

“Right.” Lisa fought a wave of nervousness. She didn’t need to be reminded that Marty regularly saw the one part of her home she considered to not really be hers anymore.

“And here’s Elaine and Joey’s room.” She opened a door across the hall and set the suitcase down with a little thud. “We can leave your stuff in here for tonight since they won’t be home until late tomorrow.”

The baby-blue room with white trim and white curtains housed a queen-sized bed covered in what appeared to be a handmade quilt. A small table stood on each side of the bed, and two dressers each topped with photographs were the only other pieces of furniture in the room. Clean and uncluttered, but not sterile either. Everything just fit, causing a little tug in Lisa’s chest.

“It’s lovely. So very them,” Marty said.

She had to agree. Calm, cheerful, and homey. She couldn’t help but wonder about the contrast to her own space.

“Yeah. When Elaine moved in, I worried she’d change all of Joey’s stuff, and in some ways she did, because all the hockey gear is gone, and so is the TV, but…you know.” Lisa shrugged, worried she’d been about to give away too much.

“No,” Marty said, her dark eyes attentive and full of questions.

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