Tristan (The Kendall Family #1) by Randi Everheart

Author:Randi Everheart [Everheart, Randi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
Publisher: Fire Heart Books
Published: 2014-12-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12 – Victory Lane

The next morning, Victoria watched Tristan sleep and pondered her next move. She still loved him, she knew. But she wasn’t going to say it. Not yet. She had to find a way to make him say it again, this time while they were dressed. Or she’d go get that frying pan and finish what she’d started.

Before long, they drove to CMS to arrange for a Honda Goldwing, the standard big touring bike that looked like a lounge chair on two wheels. It wasn’t as much fun around a curve as any smaller motorcycle, but the traffic on Skyline Drive would keep everyone below the thirty-five mph speed limit anyway. Rick told them the parts for her bike were coming soon without an extra charge as the parts were nearby anyway.

Tristan spotted a headset system that would allow him and Victoria to talk via wireless microphones and ear buds. Not only would it help on this trip but any time they rode on separate bikes beside each other. He bought it and spent part of that afternoon assembling everything and getting the headsets working.

His insurance company called and said his bike would have to be missing for longer before they would replace it or give him cash. A call to Ryan revealed there’d been no sign of it. Victoria’s insurance gave her an estimate that confirmed she’d be out her deductible of a few hundred. They weren’t covering her lost wages, either; she’d taken a few days off to recover from the crash. Or at least that’s what she claimed. She hadn’t been sore as expected. She used vacation hours instead and wouldn’t return to work until Monday. They’d be back from the road trip by then. It was now Friday.

While Tristan worked on the headsets, Chloe arrived to take Victoria away for an afternoon of rekindling their friendship. It wasn’t until they returned hours later with a multitude of bags that he found out what they’d been up to.

As she put grocery bags on the counter, Chloe said, “I have a message from Connor.”

“What?” Tristan asked.

She patted his shoulder on the way to the bedroom. “Get your own damn clothes.” She returned a minute later with everything of his brother’s that Tristan wasn’t wearing. With a meaningful look at Victoria, his sister gave him a hug and whispered, “Don’t screw this up. And tell her how you feel.”

Then she left, leaving him wondering about that last remark. Had Victoria expressed concerns about where his heart lay? Whether he felt the same? And why to Chloe, who had the biggest mouth this side of the Rockies? Maybe he needed to reassure Victoria of his intentions, which were growing stronger and clearer by the hour.

Victoria approached with a blue shirt she’d pulled from another bag, holding it up to his chest to check the size. “I bought you shaving cream, a razor, aftershave, cologne, a toothbrush, some socks, shirts, cargo pants, and underwear, including a thong. I might insist on you modeling that for me later.

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