You Mocha Me Crazy (The Coffee Loft Series: Fall Collection) by Tia Marlee

Author:Tia Marlee [Marlee, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A Novel Choice Press
Published: 2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

The girls are all here, conditioner in their hair, clay on their faces, eating snacks and laughing. No one is one-upping anyone, and everyone seems to be so genuine—not a catty one in the bunch. So far, at least. It’s a nice surprise. It’s been my experience that when you get a bunch of women together, they usually spend their time talking about people. Other than Lacey, and now Ashlan, I haven’t had much luck in the friend department. Maybe my luck’s changing. Finally.

“Stop wiggling your nose like that,” Lacey says to me. “You’re going to ruin your mask.”

“It itches,” I complain.

Karlee laughs. “It really does. I think they’re dry enough. Can we wash them off now?”

“Fine,” Lacey says, leading the way down the hallway to the bathroom. “I put a stack of towels on the counter. Feel free to wash it off.”

One by one, the women wash their faces, careful to avoid getting their hair in the mix. Once my face is clean, I scratch my nose and sigh in relief.

“Time to wash out the conditioner,” Anne says. “Care if I use your kitchen sink for that?”

I shake my head no.

Karlee is the first up. She leans over the sink, and Anne uses the detachable sprayer to rinse the goo from her hair.

“I heard someone knocked over a whole tower of toilet paper at the grocery store today,” Briella says. “That would be so embarrassing.”

I feel my cheeks turning red. I’d hoped my disaster wouldn’t be gossip worthy, but here we are.

“It happens,” Ashlan says. “Once, I picked up an orange that was apparently the glue holding the whole pyramid together. They went rolling all over the produce section.” The girls laugh and Anne shares about a video she’d seen on TikTok where someone toppled over a display of feminine hygiene products.

“I’ll be right back,” I say, stepping into the hallway and down to the linen closet. I grab the package Lauren had tossed in my car and headed back to the kitchen. If these girls were my friends, they’d be embarrassed with me, not make fun of me, right? Guess we’ll find out.

“It was me,” I say, stepping back into the room with the toilet paper held high. “I knocked over the TP mountain. It was the wipe-out heard throughout Piney Brook.”

Everyone gasps and giggles. “Oh my gosh, were you embarrassed?” Lacey asks, popping a chip into her mouth.

I nod. “I’m pretty sure if I could’ve disappeared, I would’ve.”

“What did you do?” Karlee asks, her eyes as big as saucers.

“Well, I stood there in shock. Then Bradley came to my rescue.” I feel heat creep up to my cheeks.

Lacey whoops and claps her hands together. “I knew he was your knight in shining armor!”

“More like her knight in denim and steel-toed boots,” Anne says, smiling. “That man must be a saint to work with Hudson every day.” She rolls her eyes, but I don’t miss the blush that stains her cheeks, either.

“He’s something,” I say. What exactly? I’m not sure just yet.

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