These Paper Walls by Magan Vernon

Author:Magan Vernon [Vernon, Magan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Coming of Age, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, New Adult, Women
Publisher: Beautifully Broken Books
Published: 2015-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

I was completely running on empty.

Two nights with only three hours of sleep, so I could finish the floors, then working twelve hour days in the sun was wearing on me.

And now I only had two more days to figure out if I was going to take the coaching job.

Instead of spending the night discussing it with Libby, we were going over to her Aunt Dee's for supper.

"So what's the occasion for dinner tonight?" I stared over at Libby who was holding her tray of deviled eggs like it was the Holy Grail and she was afraid to drop it at any moment. Aside from bacon, she was now always craving eggs and I'd had more recipes with eggs in them the last few weeks than I ever wanted in my life.

"She just said it would be nice to have us over since we've all been so busy."

I nodded. Dee was always a sweet lady. She'd had it rough most of her life with an addict daughter who abandoned her granddaughter. I always wondered why she agreed to take Libby in in the first place, but it was never my place to ask.

We pulled up to Dee's small, shotgun style house that was only about a mile from our place. I guess that would be good if Britt and Dee were going to be watching Mathieu at all. None of my family was too far and with them down the road, it would definitely help. Now if only Libby and I would actually find time to see each other and our kid, that would be the best situation.

Dee stepped out onto the front porch and waved us in.

She'd always been pretty spry for an older lady, but once we got inside, I noticed she wasn't moving as fast and her usually colored red hair was now streaking with gray.

Shit.

This was going to be one of those dinners in which she told us she was sick and that Britt was going to move in with us when hospice came in.

I knew it.

"Dee, you look lovely as always," I said, giving her a big hug, but making sure not to squeeze her too tight.

"Oh, well thank you Blaine. Sorry, I've been a little under the weather."

I waved my hand. "Well, you look great and I'm sure it's nothing that a little chicken noodle soup and some good Gris Gris can't fix."

Dee smiled and put her hand on my shoulder before she turned and went back to the kitchen.

Her house was small, but really not that much smaller than mine and Libby's. It just looked smaller because the outdated yellow kitchen ran smack dab into the family room that was full of way too much furniture. Just looking over the two rooms, my head was spinning with ways I could improve it. First thing would be to knock down a few walls.

"Hey, y'all." Libby's cousin Britt walked out of the back room.

I'd known Britt since she was just a little thing, hanging on Dee's leg at every school function.

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