Love So Tender: Taking Care of Business\Play It Again, Elvis\Good Luck Charm by Stephanie Bond

Author:Stephanie Bond
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2013-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

MOLLY STOOD at his door, wanting to knock but she couldn’t lift her hand. And then when she did get her hand up, she just stood there.

She sighed as she turned to face the suburban street awash in moonlight.

All these people, wives and husbands and little kids, they were all sleeping at this ridiculous hour, peaceful in their ordinary lives. None of them were going to host a nationally broadcast talk show. They didn’t know what it was like to be on stage in front of hundreds, all expecting to get their money’s worth of laughter. None of them had writing partners who wanted more than they could give.

It was the life she’d chosen and she loved it. But there were trade-offs. She slept during the day, she saw the world through the lens of comedy, which wasn’t always the healthiest perspective but it beat watching the world through tears, and she couldn’t have Charlie as anything but a writing partner.

She turned back, knocked on the door, knowing he would still be awake. She rang the doorbell, too. This had to end. Now.

The door opened, and Charlie’s expression spoke volumes. “Hey,” he said, and she hated the resignation, the sadness in the one brief word.

“Hey yourself.”

He stepped back and she walked in. She liked his place, and wondered why they never worked here. It was so much cozier than her house. Not that she didn’t like her house, she’d just never invested much of herself in the decor. Here, on the other hand, you’d have to be a complete stranger not to see Charlie in every piece of furniture, every tchotchke on every shelf.

Moving straight to the dark living room, her gaze went to the mantel where he had his American Comedy award, his prized picture of him standing with George Carlin and Robin Williams. Behind the couch there were more photos, his wall of fame, as he called it. So many of her.

She stopped by the old coffee table, the one he’d found at a secondhand store in Tucson.

“I’m sorry,” he said.

She turned, still not used to seeing him look so sophisticated, so handsome. No, that wasn’t true. She’d always thought he was good-looking. Shlumpy, but hunky. “Talk to me, Charlie.”

He shook his head. “Can’t we just forget it? It’s over.”

“What’s over? What happened? Aren’t you happy?” She walked closer to him, and he took a step back. “Charlie, please. We need to talk about this.”

He nodded. “You want a drink? I’m thinking tequila and lots of it.”

“Orange juice?”

He nodded, then left her in the living room. She wondered if she should turn on the lights, but figured it might be easier for both of them if they didn’t see too much.

Instead, she sat down on the couch and ran her hand over the soft Italian leather. Her sofa was an exercise in ugly, and she kept meaning to get a new one, but she wasn’t a good shopper. Charlie would go with her. He’d offered a hundred times, and the last time, she’d just told him to go pick one out, but he wanted to do it together.

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