Valerie's Verdict by Hallee Bridgeman

Author:Hallee Bridgeman [Bridgeman, Hallee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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ISBN: 9781681901510
Publisher: Olivia Kimbrell Press, Inc.
Published: 2019-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

While she waited for Sami, Valerie rolled up her yoga mat and slipped the strap over her shoulder. As soon as her friend finished speaking to the instructor, she joined Valerie at the door.

“You subbing for her next week?” Valerie asked, referring to the conversation Sami had just had.

“I am. That’s a little intimidating, if you want to know the truth.” She pushed the door open with her hip. “I’ve never taught solo before.”

“You’ll do fine.” They stepped out into the humid morning. Black skies made it look much earlier than it was. Valerie’s hip objected to the movement of walking and caused a dull ache to throb down her leg. “I can’t believe it’s about to storm again.”

“Especially after last night. Did you lose power?”

“It flickered, but just enough to make me wish I had a roommate. Or a dog.” Valerie laughed, even though she hadn’t slept all night. The ache in her hip and spine, and the storm that added sounds she couldn’t identify, stripped her of any hope for sleep. “I think I’m actually going to take a personal day and go home and rest. The weather is hurting my hip.”

She’d parked next to Sami, and they paused at their car doors. Valerie automatically scanned the back seat. “You sure you’re okay?” Sami asked, her eyes sliding over Valerie’s hip area as if she could see the artificial joint beneath her skin.

Despite the constant dull ache and the exhaustion creeping up the back of her neck, she nodded. “I’ll get some rest, try to come in later this afternoon. I’ve already texted anyone who needs to know.”

Sami opened her car door and raised a hand. “See you later. Enjoy the day. Hopefully, the storm will be gone by the time you get off work.”

As Valerie drove home, she glanced at the stack of journals on the seat next to her, so very thankful she’d left them in the car instead of bringing them out into the rain last night. A part of her wanted to read them, but a part of her wanted to put them in a closet and close the door. She didn’t feel ready to delve into the mind of the woman who gave birth to her. However, she’d promised Auntie Rose she’d read them, and she intended to keep her promise.

Eventually.

The ache in her hip became a shooting pain down her leg and a burn in her lower back. Despite the warm temperature outside, she turned on the seat heater to high, hoping to soothe the muscles.

After last night’s storm, Valerie wouldn’t have thought that any more water could possibly fall from the sky. Despite her feelings on the matter, she pulled into her driveway just as the first raindrop splashed onto her windshield. Leaving her yoga mat and the journals in the car, she very carefully walked to the front door. Protected under the overhang of her roof, she unlocked the door just as the clouds above let loose and dropped buckets.

She locked the door behind her and did a quick check of the house.

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