Inside Out by Grayson Cole

Author:Grayson Cole
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781585714810
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2011-06-06T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

When Tracey got back from Christmas break, being with Garrett was the only thing on her mind, even though he’d been a bit distant since Christmas. He must have been happy to see her, too, because she was barely inside before he was making love to her, eating her alive. For a while, it seemed like things were back to the way were at the start. But it didn’t last.

Two weeks later, on a Friday, Garrett and Trace were together at home, working all day. That night she was going out with Monica and Sabrina for dinner. She hadn’t seen Monica since she got back and Sabrina had called that afternoon to talk about their Employee Rights final. Tracey invited her to dinner as well.

“So you’re going to be out all night?” he asked as she dressed for dinner.

“No, honey, I’ll be back around nine or ten. It’s just dinner.”

“Where are you going?”

“Rachel’s, of course.” She kissed him before she grabbed her purse.

“Well, I may go out tonight, too,” he called to her as she got ready to go out the front door.

“Good,” she yelled back to him, then added, “Just be home at a reasonable hour!”

* * *

Rett knew Tracey. He knew how she felt. He knew that they lived in the “Heart of Dixie” and, while a lot of things had changed, a lot of them had not. People like him, people like Tracey… She envisioned her father forcing her to watch Eyes on the Prize and Roots and even Shaka Zulu until she came to her senses. He’d seen every one of those miniseries, and would quote them when Tracey was being ungrateful.

As for Garrett’s family… From what Tracey could gather from him and Angie, their nuclear family was a pretty standard middle class group of people. Once you started throwing in uncles and aunts and cousins and second cousins, things started to get a bit sketchy. They never came out and said what their family was like, but from what Tracey gathered, family gatherings with the Atkins and Hinsons were very different than those of the McAlpines and Moncriefs.

Beyond their families, Tracey was still holding on to the few friends she’d made in school and was protective of her burgeoning friendship with Moni. Garrett had basically moved into her place, but still kept the majority of his clothing and belongings in his car because she didn’t want her mother or father to come to the place and find something of his. Not just because he was white, but because they would never, ever, support her living with a man or even giving the impression of living with a man out of wedlock. He still hung out with Clay quite a bit, but she knew he worked at maintaining his other relationships, using law school as a handy excuse for his general absence. Angie still came over often.

Garrett knew better than to show up with some of his friends at the same place Tracey was having dinner with her friends.

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