Make It Right by Megan Erickson

Author:Megan Erickson [Erickson, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9780062353511
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Goodreads: 20705735
Publisher: William Morrow Impulse
Published: 2014-09-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

LEA HAD VISITED three grocery stores, one market, and two bakeries, until she finally found a tiny, shack-like roadside stand that had a shoofly pie.

Because ever since Friday morning, she had felt off balance. She wanted to do that morning over. Except this time, she’d kissed Max good morning. They’d had coffee and waffles and crawled back into bed, where she let Max take control—this time.

But she hadn’t done that. She’d turned on him and then let two days go by.

So the only thing she could think of to make her feel better was a load of molasses and sugar in a piecrust.

And now that she had it, she wasn’t even hungry. What a waste.

When Lea walked in her front door, she smelled something sweet and heard pans banging, followed by a few cuss words. “Dan?” she called, dropping her coat on the couch and heading into the kitchen.

Danica stood at the counter, her purple hair streaked with white blonde pulled into a messy knot on top of her head, wearing her hot pink apron that said, in bold letters, I DIDN’T WASH MY HANDS.

She furiously stirred a bowl of batter, face scrunched.

Lea set the pie on the counter and peeked into the bowl. “I . . . uh . . . think it’s well mixed now.”

Danica turned to her, blew a strand of purple hair off her face and plunked the bowl down on the counter. Her shoulders slumped. “Yeah, I guess so.”

Danica stress-baked. It was to the point that Lea barely liked cookies anymore because they reminded her of a pissed-off roommate.

Lea took the bowl from Danica and began pouring the batter into the lined cupcake tin. “Sit down. What’s going on?”

Danica eyed her and then dropped down into a chair at the table, her chin in her hand. “I told Monica I don’t want to go home with her to meet her parents.”

Lea almost dropped the bowl of batter but she recovered quickly. “And?”

“She . . . said she didn’t want to see me anymore.”

Danica typically didn’t talk much about Monica. Didn’t let on how much she cared about her, but Lea knew, in the way Danica pressed her lips to the shorter girl’s forehead, in the way she looked at her, brushed her silky hair off of her shoulder. “And?” Lea said again, looking up.

Danica shrugged and picked at her nails. But her face was etched with sadness and it broke Lea’s heart. “Dan—”

“I just don’t want to do it, okay? I don’t want to meet her parents so they can act all weird but yet tell all their friends how accepting they are of their lesbian daughter’s lifestyle.” She spit the word out of her mouth like it was poison. “I don’t want this expectation that because I met her parents, we’re going to be together forever. I just don’t want any of it.”

Lea leaned on the counter. “That’s a lot of assumptions there.” Danica didn’t answer, so Lea continued. “Right? That’s what you’re

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