Roadside Rescue by Caitlin Ricci

Author:Caitlin Ricci [Ricci, Caitlin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2019-12-20T23:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, after enjoying some more time with each other, we got up and walked down the road to the hardware store. There were maybe three other stores near it, none of them any busier than Brigid’s shop had been the first time I’d seen it. The guy in the hardware store smiled at us, despite the fact that Brigid had her arm around my shoulders. I was a bit worried about the possible homophobe population in a town this incredibly tiny, but it seemed like, at least from his perspective, having two lesbians in his town wasn’t a big deal.

Mr. Henry, according to his shiny brass name tag, smiled at us. “I was wondering when you were going to come around again, Brigid. You live right up the hill, yet you can’t be bothered to come down and visit your poor old father.”

I turned in her arms. “This is your dad?” I asked her.

She chuckled. “Yeah. Dad, this is Kelly. She’s looking for a room to rent. Is that apartment above this store still available?”

“A room for your girlfriend?” he asked us with plenty of interest.

“Um…” This was a lot to take in. Of course I’d met parents before. But I hadn’t expected to do so within twenty-four hours of meeting a woman either. “Sure?” I said, my voice unusually hesitant given how much shock I was in.

“Do you have a job?” he asked me.

I shook my head.

“She’ll be working part time at the shop.”

He grinned at us, his wide, white mustache curving up at the ends. “Sure. Of course you can live above the store. We’ll work out a rental agreement and all that other nonsense later. Come by after lunch, and I’ll give you the key and show you around.”

I wanted to sigh, but I held it back. Brigid looked excited and maybe that was enough for me. Maybe I needed to pull back on some of my anxiety and mistrust to just live in the moment like I had when I’d packed up Shoni and left Missouri. Part of me didn’t want to have my new job, and now the place I’d be living, tied to someone I’d known for less than twenty-four hours.

But maybe this would be okay too. Part of me wanted things to work out in Dove Creek. It was quiet and peaceful, and I wanted to take Shoni out and ride him through the thick woods lining either side of the narrow mountain road that wound through Dove Creek. I’d gotten off I-70 so that I could get something to eat and some gas and find a place for Shoni and me to rest, but maybe I’d found a lot more here than I’d been hoping for.

I took Brigid’s hand and followed her back up the road to her garage. While we walked I thought about staying here, and I realized I definitely needed to do some improvements to Shoni’s new home. The big problem though was that he wasn’t living on my land.

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