Rebecca's Rose by Jennifer Beckstrand

Author:Jennifer Beckstrand [Beckstrand, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Rebecca’s Rose, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781609365585
Publisher: Summerside Press
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Rebecca wouldn’t let Levi carry her. In spite of his concern about her head, she thought his carting her up two flights of stairs a ridiculous idea. So he put his arm around her waist and supported her as they slowly made their way up to his apartment.

This meeting between Rebecca and Mom was not exactly how he’d intended it, but he did want them to meet eventually. Levi had a plan, and the accident simply moved up the timing somewhat. This might be the perfect way to broach the subject with Mom—a subject he had been mulling over for weeks, a decision that would dramatically alter his life forever.

He knocked on the door, not wanting to fish around in his pocket for the keys. Mom kept it locked whether she was home or not.

“Who is it?” came a voice from the inside.

“Levi.”

Mom opened the door a crack. Since Beth had left for college, she took extra caution. “Levi?” Her eyes widened as she looked at Rebecca. “Oh my, come in. What happened?”

Keeping a firm hold on Rebecca’s arm, Levi led her to the kitchen table and pulled out a chair for her. She sat, then sucked in her breath and held it as she studied his mom.

“We were in a minor car accident,” he said.

“Have you been drinking?”

She might as well have slapped him in the face. He reeled from the blow then regained his composure. “No, Mom. No way.”

She lowered her eyes. “I am sorry, Levi. I shouldn’t have assumed—”

“It’s okay, Mom. It doesn’t matter.”

“It’s not his fault,” Rebecca said quietly. “I was driving.”

Mom knelt beside the chair and put a hand to Rebecca’s forehead. “You must be Rebecca.”

Rebecca nodded.

“Let me see the cut. Levi, go get the first-aid kit. The big one in my room.”

Levi jogged to Mom’s room and pulled out the box from under her bed. When he returned to the kitchen, Mom and Rebecca were conversing quietly.

“She says she hit the steering wheel,” Mom said. “Did you check for signs of a concussion?”

“Yeah, she seemed kind of dazed.”

Mom took Rebecca’s hand. “You might have a mild concussion, but nothing serious, I think.”

She stood and opened the box and donned a pair of latex gloves. With the efficiency of someone who had cleaned many wounds, Mom wiped the blood from Rebecca’s forehead and face. “Levi, get a wet rag so she can wipe her hands.”

Rebecca held perfectly still and stared at Mom with unguarded curiosity.

“So, you are the girl Levi spends all his time with,” Mom said as she poured more mild soap onto a gauze pad. “I can see why he was interested in the first place.”

“So can I,” said Levi.

Mom rolled her eyes then winked at Rebecca. “Have you noticed that you always know exactly how Levi feels about everything?”

Once the cut was clean, Mom could examine it more closely. “It is small,” she said. “Even without stitches, I don’t think you will have much of a scar. Right above the eyebrow like that, it will not be as noticeable.

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