Townshipped: A small town, bride on the run, amnesia romcom (Getting Shipped! Book 3) by Savannah Scott

Author:Savannah Scott [Scott, Savannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-05T16:00:00+00:00

24

“EM”

Lexi and I pull our suitcases toward our room. Trevor and she already had a sweet goodnight kiss in the parking lot—well, it went further than sweet, to be honest, but I looked away at that point. Then Trevor decided to escort us to our room so he could help Lexi get settled in with Poppy.

Watching Trevor and Lexi kindles a longing in my heart. They have community, friendships, one another, and now a new family. I love all that for them. Still, the stark contrast between each aspect of their life and mine pricks at me.

Trevor swipes Lexi’s keycard for her.

“Let’s get you three settled.”

He leads the way into a room where two queen beds fill most of the space. The gaudy geometric-patterned polyester comforters look like they may have been original to the hotel. The carpet sends the message: take your shoes off at your own risk. It’s clean, but at a level of overuse that can’t be restored no matter how many times a vacuum runs over it.

I take a breath and walk to the window. Outside we have a view of the parking lot and street with a strip mall across the way.

“The beautiful view from a motel when my dad is in charge of booking. Budget could be his middle name,” Trevor says.

“It’s fine,” I tell him.

Seems like I’ve said the word fine a lot over the past four hours throughout the drive up as Aiden’s understandable anxiety filled the cab of the truck. My mind is on bigger things: meeting Aiden’s cousin’s children, what happens when they move in, how much longer I have in Bordeaux, and when I can tell Aiden about Buck and the fact that I’m not dating or married to anyone.

That last thought dominates over the rest, but it obviously has to wait.

Once a portable crib is assembled, Trevor leaves to settle into his room. Poppy stirs as if on cue. Lexi nurses her, and then I sit on the edge of my bed rocking Poppy while Lexi changes and brushes her teeth.

“You’re precious,” I coo at Poppy. “And you have the prettiest little fingers.”

I lift her hand and she closes it around my pointer, squeezing an unbidden smile from me.

“I wonder what you’ll be like as you grow up. Will you be a girly girl, or a tomboy?”

She yawns. Her tiny features scrunch and her mouth goes wide. I’m mesmerized.

I start humming a song. The words come to me, so I start to sing.

“Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ra-Loo-ra-loo-ra-li …” I continue singing and rocking, studying Poppy’s features and losing myself in the sweetness of her baby smell and whatever magic babies have that makes them irresistible.

When my head lifts, Lexi’s leaning in the doorway between the bathroom and our room with a soft smile on her face.

“You sing as beautifully as you play piano.”

“Thank you.”

“I can’t sing, but I sure love to anyway,” Lexi says.

I chuckle. “You can’t be that bad.”

She snorts. “Oh. No. I am. I’m like the abandoned love child of a hyena and a screech owl, but once I take on a song, I’m all in.

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