Bachelor (Rixton Falls #2)
“My mother doesn’t greet me with her traditional “hello, my love” when I pick Haven up Friday after work. She pulls the front door wide, her hands on her hip. “Haven hasn’t stopped talking about the ‘girl with the mermaid hair’ since Royal dropped her off earlier.”
“Oh, yeah?” I glance down at my daughter, perched at the foot of the steps, her tongue sticking out of the side of her mouth as she tries to maneuver her feet into fluorescent light-up shoes.
Preschoolers.
Can’t keep a sec...ret for anything.
“Yes, Derek. So who is she? And why is she staying at your house?” My mother’s stare is unrelenting.
“She’s a friend. And it’s temporary.”
My mother knows me too well, which is why her lips mold into a deep frown in response to my casual answer.
“Come on, Haven.” I reach my hand out. “What do you want for dinner?”MoreLess
“Oh, yeah?” I glance down at my daughter, perched at the foot of the steps, her tongue sticking out of the side of her mouth as she tries to maneuver her feet into fluorescent light-up shoes.
Preschoolers.
Can’t keep a sec...ret for anything.
“Yes, Derek. So who is she? And why is she staying at your house?” My mother’s stare is unrelenting.
“She’s a friend. And it’s temporary.”
My mother knows me too well, which is why her lips mold into a deep frown in response to my casual answer.
“Come on, Haven.” I reach my hand out. “What do you want for dinner?”MoreLess
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