Time Stood Still (Volkov Bratva #3.5) by Miller London

Author:Miller, London [Miller, London]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

The rest of the day was spent catching up, mostly between Lauren and Susan since Ross was busy manning the grill and he ‘needed Volkov around to help.’ She had to bite her lip to stop from laughing at the way Mishca looked standing next to Ross, wearing an apron with a man’s bare chest on the front. It really was amazing the things he would do for her just because he loved her.

Lauren shared everything she could about her life with Mishca, making sure not to mention where they had stopped before arriving. By the time she finished, and Susan had told her of everything—though not nearly as much as Lauren—she and Ross had been up to for the past few months, it was already midday.

With not much else to do, Lauren talked Mishca into going into town with her, letting him drive since she knew he preferred it. As they ventured into the town center, she remembered why she loathed it there.

That was the thing about small towns, you either left and never came back—or only to come back and visit if you still cared about your family—or you stayed stuck there until you died, reflecting on the “good ol’ days.” Of course, Lauren’s opinion might have varied if there had been something else to occupy everyone’s time besides her father’s murder, but there wasn’t much luck there.

But, who she was before when she lived here wasn’t the person she was today.

She and Mishca were out in the town, picking up a few things from the local shops, and since Susan had asked her to pick up a few things from the grocery store, Lauren did that last. She was in the produce section, grabbing a few pomegranates when she heard the unmistakable sound of someone clearing their throat somewhere to her right.

If that was how it was going to start off, Lauren knew it wasn’t going to end well. Standing there with a wide smile of pearly white teeth was Amanda Ward and—Lauren actually cringed—Lauren’s high school crush, Benjamin Sutter. He had been one of the more braver souls, ignoring Ross’ surliness, or at least that was what Lauren had thought at the time.

She hadn’t thought of him since that first unfortunate day between them, the day she learned she had just been a dare. She had never thought that kind of stuff happened in real life, always thinking that it was a plot for a movie, but she learned quickly enough that it did happen, at least to her.

Apparently, there had been an initiation ritual for the freshman jocks by the upperclassmen. Lauren had never really understood who was supposed to be more humiliated, her or Benjamin, but considering she’d actually had a crush on him since middle school—which was probably noticeable—she thought it was her.

“Funny running into you here,” Amanda sad looking back at Benjamin as though waiting for him to agree. He just looked mildly uncomfortable. “I saw your mom and Detective Ross the other day.

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