The Cliff House by RaeAnne Thayne

Author:RaeAnne Thayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-01-18T20:44:36+00:00

16

BEATRIZ

Bea knew she owed her sister a big apology. She had picked up the phone half a dozen times since the day before, when she had been rude to Daisy about her busy schedule. Each time she set it down again, not knowing how to find the right words.

Daisy was so private, so contained. Sometimes it drove her crazy.

She loved her sister deeply and admired her for many things. In reality, Daisy had been more of a mother to Bea than even Stella had been, always watching out for her, taking care of her, giving her advice. She remembered plenty of times when they were small when Daisy was the only solid thing she had to hang on to.

That was probably why it hurt so much when Daisy shut her out of her life. Her sister kept her emotions so carefully controlled. Sometimes she would give anything to have Daisy yell at her or get angry at a driver who cut her off in traffic or cry when she was having a bad day.

Some part of her also wished she could be more like Daisy, at least in that respect. Bea’s emotions always seemed close to the surface, ready to bubble over into laughter, sadness or snippiness, as she had demonstrated the day before.

She needed to talk to Daisy before things got even more awkward between them. She reached for her phone to call, just as the timer went off on the oven. Later, she promised herself. She would call later to clear the air.

She opened the oven to check on the chocolate chip cookies currently sending out their delicious aroma through her kitchen.

Shane had texted her an hour ago, asking if he could bring his team over to watch some highlight films in her screening room since the team couldn’t cram into the living space of the guesthouse.

Of course she had agreed, despite the awkwardness that still lingered between her and Shane.

Who hadn’t she pissed off this week? she wondered.

At least she would have cookies for the team. She was one of the unofficial team moms and took her responsibilities seriously.

She was scooping the cookies from the tray to the cooling rack when the doorbell rang. “Coming,” she called, then wiped her hands on a dish towel and hurried to the front door.

She expected to find members of the Cape Sanctuary high school football team. Instead, only her ex-husband stood on the porch, carrying a guitar case.

Of all the lousy timing. Why did he have to come tonight, when Shane would be there shortly with his team?

She had gone over her conversation with Shane hundreds of times since the night they kissed and still didn’t think she was wrong to take Cruz’s phone call, especially when her child was involved.

If Shane couldn’t see that, the problem was his, not hers. That didn’t mean she needed Cruz to be hanging out in her house right now, the first time she had really seen Shane since that night.

“Cruz! I wasn’t expecting you.

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