Time Stamps by KL Kreig

Author:KL Kreig [Kreig, KL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943443512
Published: 2021-08-16T18:30:00+00:00

“Did you have a good time today?” Roth asks me as we step outside and close the door.

“I did. I especially loved the songs you texted me.” Every once in a while, my phone would vibrate, and we’d lock eyes and grin like lovestruck fools.

“Which one was your favorite?”

I think for a minute. “There were so many good ones.” Brave. Right Here Waiting. Count on Me. “Under Pressure was pretty funny.”

“Well, you were getting grilled pretty hard by my aunt Erma.”

“It wasn’t that bad.” It was. She was relentless. “But I’d say it has to be a toss-up between Hungry Eyes and Your Body Is A Wonderland.” That last one made me blush and when Elana saw pink crawl up my face, she simply smiled and asked her mother-in-law if she wanted another mimosa.

“Isn’t it magical how much can be conveyed simply by a song title?”

“It is,” I agree, warmth finding its way between my legs. What I’d give to be able to push him onto the chaise, pull aside my panties and mount him. Instead, I say, “Your grandmother was a hoot.”

“Yah. I should have warned you. G’ma Maggie has a sailor’s mouth and a deadpan humor that comedians envy. But that’s part of her charm, don’t you think?”

It totally was.

“I don’t know how many times she dropped the f-bomb.” The first time she did it, Roth had to reach over and close my gaping mouth.

He chuckles. “That was my first word, according to my mother.”

“It was not.” I know he’s teasing me. I’m not falling for it this time.

“It was my second then. I said it early and I said it often.”

“Bad, bad grandma,” I tease, laughing along with him.

“Damn I love that woman. She would always have Frosted Flakes and chocolate milk waiting for me when I went to stay with her. We’d eat it for dinner while watching Jeopardy.”

“You didn’t eat them together, though, did you?”

He cocks his head as if I’ve gone mad. “Of course, we did.”

I wrinkle my nose. “That’s disgusting.”

“It’s not disgusting, Laurel, it’s trend setting.”

“Trend setting? Really? Was this a craze I missed?”

“You did live in the sticks, so…” His shoulders rise. “Not all crazes made it through the thick of the cornstalks, I guess.”

“The thick of the cornstalks? You’re ridiculous.”

“Trend setting,” he corrects, grinning wide. “Come here.” He spins and sits on the chaise, waiting for me to join him.

I gaze through the glass, watching Roth’s parents chat and laugh with Elana’s sister, Elsa and her husband, Hank. Elsa and Hank’s daughter, Elisa, and her new husband, John, are at the kitchen table with them. It took me half a day to get all their names straight. So many “E’s”.

“What about the others? Shouldn’t we go join them?” They’re playing cards. I suck at cards.

“No. I’ve shared you all day.” When I hesitate, he hooks an arm around my waist and tugs on me. “There. That’s better,” he moans when he finally has me tucked into his side.

It is. Roth is

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