Two Hearts Forever by Harper Bliss

Author:Harper Bliss [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789887441519
Publisher: Ladylit Publishing
Published: 2020-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

11

Anna

“I knew it would be like this,” Zoe whispers.

It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’ve felt completely and utterly unable to stay away from the store ever since Zoe left my house yesterday. I’m amazed I managed this long, which is surprising in itself because I believed I would need twenty-four hours on my own at the very least to recover from having her in my space for so long. Turns out I just want more of her.

Zoe shakes her head. “I hate seeing Brooklyn so distraught.”

“Maybe you should give her the painting now. To cheer her up,” I offer.

“Maybe, but it’s not a painting of her boyfriend she needs. It’s her other mother in her life.” She expels a deep sigh. “I should have talked about it with Eve, but I had my own distractions.” She gives me a weak smile, nothing like the dazzling display of joy I’m used to seeing from Zoe.

“Is she going back to Shanghai?”

Zoe nods. “Yes. Her contract doesn’t finish until the end of the year. If she comes back to New York then, she can at least see some more of her daughter before she leaves for college.”

“Or Brooklyn could go to college in New York.” I feel so out of my depth in this conversation about this child that isn’t mine. I don’t even know that much about her—yet.

“We’ll see.” We sit at the latest additions to Bookends, a small table and two easy chairs close to the window. Hemingway’s sprawled out between us. “I’m just… I don’t know. I had this amazing weekend with you and then I come home to find my daughter in such a funk.”

“It will pass. She might miss Eve, but she has you, and her new life here. She has Jaden. And she has Hemingway.” He perks his ears up briefly at the sound of his name. My dog lying there all cute and cuddly reminds me of the adoption appeal I saw for the little dachshund last week. I pull out my phone and show Zoe the picture. “How about this? Wouldn’t that cheer her up?”

“Is that why you said I should consider adopting a dog this weekend?” Zoe asks, her gaze instantly glued to the screen because the animal is irresistible. He’s probably been adopted already.

“Yes.”

“I’m not getting my teenager a dog because her other mother leaving made her feel sad all over again.” It’s her staccato, firm voice, the one she uses when she’s very adamant about something. I can hear the city in Zoe’s tone, and I catch a glimpse of the person she was when she lived in New York.

“Pity,” I say. “You could also do it for the dog. It needs a home.”

“I just got myself a new girlfriend,” Zoe says. “I’m quite busy with her.”

“We could always go and have a look at the shelter… No pressure, of course.” I know it’s time to back off, but sometimes, when I get really passionate about something, and rescuing pets is definitely one of those things, it’s hard for me to put a sock in it.

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