Winds of Salem by Cruz Melissa de La
Author:Cruz, Melissa de La [Cruz, Melissa de La]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Occult & Supernatural, Paranormal, Young Adult, Fiction, Romance, Fiction / Occult & Supernatural, Fiction / Romance - Fantasy, Adult, Fiction / Fantasy - Contemporary, Fantasy, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781401305017
Google: FyngnKFrpXQC
Amazon: B00BATAP46
Goodreads: 17724884
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2013-08-13T07:00:00+00:00
north hampton
the present
valentineâs day
chapter twenty-six
The Hammer Strikes
Hudson held up a tiny pink one-piece with a tulle tutu to show Ingrid. There was a decal of a piglet doing a pirouette in toe shoes on the chest.
âWhat do you think?â The light flashed against the lens of his tortoiseshell glasses.
âUm, Tabitha is having a baby boy?â she said.
They had snuck out on their lunch break at the library to shop for Tabithaâs baby shower at the nearby boutique Tater Tots.
âSo?â Hudson looked at it sadly and put it away. âYouâre right. Why isnât she having a girl? This is so cute.â
Hudson was impeccably dressed as usual; only he could make a thick down jacket look slim and elegant, but something was different. A few months ago, he had finally come out to his mother, and while things had been frosty for a while, the grand Mrs. Rafferty had finally come around to the reality of the situation and had even agreed to meet his boyfriend. It turned out that as long as any discussion of politics was assiduously avoided, Hudsonâs mother and Scott got along swimminglyâto such a degree that Hudson felt a bit left out at times. He occasionally brought up politics just to put a little wedge between them.
Ingrid grabbed the tutu. âLetâs get it! Why not? I mean babies are babies. Canât you just dress them up however you want? Theyâre kind of like dolls, right?â
âUm, not really. Put it back, Ingrid,â Hudson instructed, being the voice of reason now. âIf he wants to wear pink tutus that should be his decision when heâs ready to make it.â
She exhaled a sigh, putting the tutu back on the rack, then continued to flip through the pint-size clothes.
âI donât know,â Hudson said wistfully, âdoesnât this make you feel likeâ¦â
She turned to him with a look of horror. âLike what? Like having a baby?â
âYeahâ¦â
She shrugged. She hadnât ever really thought about it.
âYeah, me neither!â He went back to searching through the rack, his fingers moving fast and adeptly. âJust testing you.â He held up what looked like miniature lederhosen but were made of soft green terry cloth. âYouâve got to admit these are extraordinarily cute, and itâs just fun shopping for baby clothes.â
She eyed him suspiciously but let it go. âI need to talk to you about something,â she said.
Hudson made a tsk-tsk sound. âI knew something was up and you were keeping me in the dark. Youâve been distracted todayâand not a good distracted. I know that look. Whatâs up?â
âI ran into them at that new café, Matt, Maggie, and, um, Maggieâs mom, Mariza. His ex-girlfriend? They looked so perfect together, and perfectly happy. Marizaâs a knockout. Sheâs built like an Italian screen goddess andââ
âI know where this is goingâstop right there!â warned Hudson, holding up a hand. âFirst of all, the M names? Totally dorky! And second of all, Matt chose you, not Sophia Loren. He could have married her by now if he wanted to make it work. He didnât.
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