Save Me by Starr Brisa

Author:Starr, Brisa [Starr, Brisa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Green Butterfly Press
Published: 2020-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

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The next morning, we’re at Sally’s café, enjoying coffee, and my dad’s old buddies are there, as expected. He goes off to join them, and I read my book. Well, I try to read… I’ve read the same paragraph three times now. It’s hard to avoid thinking about how sexy Luke was this morning when we ran, but I try anyway.

Fresh cheesecakes are coming out of the oven, and the whole place smells like delicious, sweet cream cheese. I’m highlighting the names of new supplements in my book I want to order for Dad, when Sally walks over and sits at my table.

“Sooooo,” she says, tilting her head and narrowing her pretty blue eyes at me. “Tell me about this hot, handsome, beautiful man you’ve been spending time with.” She pretends to fan herself like she’s overheated thinking about him. “I mean, I know who Luke is, of course, but what are you doing spending so much time with him?” she says with a big grin.

“Talk sure gets around town fast, huh?”

“No, I’ve seen you two together. It’s obvious there is something going on. And you need a man in your life. Well, I don’t mean you need one. Of course you can live without a man and survive, but who would want to? Besides, he is one handsome devil.”

“Yes, he’s ‘one handsome devil,’ but we’re just friends.”

Why do I have to keep telling people this? I shift in my seat and continue, “Anyway, he doesn’t live here, and I’ve got my dad to take care of. Frankly, I’m not interested in a relationship right now. Definitely not a long-distance one.”

“You still hung up on that jerk, Lance?”

“Heavens no!”

Although it hurt when he left, I’m way over him. It didn’t take long either.

Sally puts her hand on mine. “You know, Ash, your dad seems like he’s doing great. I love that you guys are gonna start comin’ in here. I look forward to seeing him around. And you’re right, I might just put his ass to work.” She smiles.

“That’d be great,” I tell her. “I think it’d be good for him to have a little retirement job.”

“Well, lemme see what I can do,” she says.

Another customer comes in, and Sally gets up to take his order. I’m left sitting there, thinking about her comments about Luke. Why is everybody seeing something that’s not there? Well, OK, something’s there, but Luke and I have chosen to ignore it. Because that’s the smart thing to do, and I’m a smart-doing kind of woman.

I get up and pack my book in my purse. I walk over to my dad and kiss him goodbye, reminding him to pick me up from work at 5:00 p.m. As I’m leaving the café, I turn around and look back at him once more, and he’s smiling and enjoying his friends. It was a good idea coming here.

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