Take Me There: A Dare With Me Novel by J.H. Croix

Author:J.H. Croix [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Nineteen

Skylar

I was silently mortified. There we were, talking about mac and cheese out of the box with ketchup. Even though I’d never had it, that would’ve been the equivalent of a gourmet meal for me growing up. When I was a kid, condiments could make something crappy taste better. Not that mac and cheese out of the box was crappy.

The meals Daphne made were out of this world for me. I didn’t even know how she did it.

“This is amazing,” I said between bites once we were eating.

Daphne smiled over at me. “Thank you. Cat did most of the work tonight.”

“Thank you,” I offered to Cat.

She cast me a quick smile. “Everything I know in the kitchen Daphne taught me, except the basics.”

Nora chimed in, “None of us are that great at cooking.”

“At least I’m not alone in that,” I said lightly.

“None of us can meet Daphne’s standards except for Cat now,” Elias said with a grin. “We’re all just grateful.”

“I’m surprised you moved out and don’t come for dinner every night,” I said.

“It’s a drive and—” He cast a quick glance at Cammi, the look in his eyes intense and intimate. “I had my reasons for moving, and they were worth it.”

Cammi blushed slightly before leaning over and pressing a kiss on his cheek. “I’m grateful I’m worth more than Daphne’s food, but I understand,” she teased.

“It’s close,” Elias teased in return before taking a bite when she nudged him with her elbow.

I couldn’t help but experience a pang of envy. This was a kind of envy where I wished I had that. Somehow maybe someday I would. Of course, that brought to mind that I’d said yes to having dinner with Tucker. That was only two days away with tonight being Wednesday. I wasn’t counting. Okay, maybe I was. I’d been worrying over it ever since I’d said yes.

Between stressing about that and trying to forget the kiss and the way more than a kiss, I had too many things to think about when it came to Tucker. My thoughts bounced against each other, jostling my anxiety. I recalled the thing Jolene had on her desk. It held a row of hanging silver balls. They would bounce against each other quietly. That was how my thoughts felt when it came to Tucker. They repeated themselves, bouncing from one to the next, leaving me unsettled, flustered, worried, anxious, and so many things. All the things.

“Have you seen Risa recently?” Cammi’s voice reached me.

I glanced her way. “I run into her here and there. Our schedules don’t align, except when she has evening events at the gallery.”

“Have you been to any of those?” Daphne prompted.

I shook my head quickly.

“You should go. She has hors d’oeuvres and drinks. It’s nice,” Cammi added.

“Doesn’t it cost money to go?” I asked. I was forever counting pennies and dollars. The lifelong habit of avoiding anything that cost money was deeply ingrained in me.

Daphne and Cammi replied simultaneously, “No.”

Cammi looked puzzled, and I felt foolish.

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