Lucky Chance by K.L. Shandwick

Author:K.L. Shandwick [Shandwick, K.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Catrina sat at one end of a large leather sectional, reading her tablet when we entered the room. When she heard us, she smiled and stood up to greet us.

“Can you check the boys aren’t winding Bernie up out there?” she asked, and I knew that was code for ‘bugger off, Jamie, I want a word with her on her own’.

Watching her brother grin as he took the hint, we waited until he stepped out onto the patio before she came closer and wrapped her arms around me in a hug.

“Oh,” I said, startled by her sudden show of affection. She held me tighter than I’d normally have liked, and her enthusiasm confused the heck out of me.

Breaking the embrace she gestured for me to take a seat, and when she sat facing me, there were tears in her eyes. “What can I say?” she began, holding her hands palms up. “I suppose I should thank you.”

“I don’t understand,” I replied, confused.

She chuckled. “Since he came back from the recording session, I’ve noticed a difference in him. He enjoys doing what he does, but he’s the happiest he’s been in years. He’s usually horrible at keeping in touch, but these last few weeks, he’s called nearly every day and all he wants to talk about is you. Seeing the way he looks at you,” she popped one shoulder up, “I can see you’re exactly what he needs.”

“Thanks,” I replied, both relieved and excited that she didn’t call me a delusional gold digger or anything. “It’s early days really … well, since March, but with him being away, we haven’t had the time to really get to know what it’s like for him to come and go for work and me to run my pub on the other side of the Atlantic.”

Catrina frowned. “I get that he must have left you feeling abandoned, but Paddy told me he was convinced you’d forgive Jamie for that once you heard some of the songs he wrote about you. The guys think that material will take their band to yet another level. I’ve heard a couple of those numbers and I’d have to agree. They don’t leave much room to question how my brother feels about you.” She snickered. “Frankly, I thought if you didn’t match up to my expectations after hearing them, I’m not sure what I’d have done.”

I felt a little embarrassed with Catrina’s opinion, but I hadn’t realized how much I had needed someone close to her brother to confirm how Jamie felt about me. It convinced me that Jamie wasn’t just with me for fun, no matter how ridiculously surreal my situation had felt.

“It was his idea to bring you over for Thanksgiving. He thought it may be a good way for Bernie and I to help you understand the life that could lie ahead of you.”

“Our work commitments worry me,” I began, “The way I see it, there’s always going to be something that comes before our relationship.

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