Moselle's Insurance by LoRee Peery

Author:LoRee Peery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Rose Publishing

Moselle's Insurance

9

Moselle tried not to notice, but Today’s Café seemed to be a sea of eyes. A sea of eyes that went from her to Beth, back and forth, as soon as she and her mother stood up. They might just as well be the subjects of a tennis match.

Lord, help me out of here. When I greet Beth, I don’t want it to be in front of the whole town, same as meeting Eric.

Once through the back door, and more thankful than ever that she could take that route between the businesses, she said, “Thank God Beth didn’t see us in there.”

Geneva raised a brow above the sunglasses she’d settled to protect her eyes. “I didn’t raise you to be a coward.”

“I’m not a coward, Mom. I like to prepare, remember?” Moselle arched a brow, in parody of her mother. “I want to think about my first words to the woman.”

Their feet crunched on the gravel covering the alley.

Moselle couldn’t prevent the happy lilt to her heart at the sight of Eric’s labor behind Frivolities.

“Labor of love,” her mom had said. They skirted around the pile of lumber, covered by a bright blue plastic tarp.

Geneva hesitated at the door. A sudden warm wind swooped between the buildings and she grabbed her full skirt as she turned to face Moselle.

“You have no idea where Beth is coming from in her life right now. As we discussed the other night, you are not the person you were at eighteen and I doubt that Beth is, either.”

“You’re right,” Moselle conceded. “Maybe Beth is here for just a day or two and she’ll go back where she came from, the same way I will at the end of summer.”

“Beth has family in town, same as you, Moselle. It’s possible that she’s come for a visit rather than looking for a new start.”

That was fair, her mom using the same terminology.

“I still hope the new start is only a rumor,” Moselle ground out.

Whatever had brought Beth back to Platteville, Moselle hoped it had nothing to do with Eric.

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