Sugar Springs
“They’d been at the mall for hours in the middle of the biggest shopping day of the year, and because she had a perverse streak, she’d encouraged the girls to keep going just to force Cody to endure the day even longer.
The poor man had looked far more than overwhelmed when they’d shown up at the mall and had to elbow their way into the first store, and after five hours of the same, she was starting to feel sorry for him.
Almost.
“How about I grab some milkshakes?” Cody said. “You girls want any...thing?”
Neither paid him any attention, exactly as they’d done most of the day, and Lee Ann really felt bad for not warning Cody they would try their best to pretend neither he nor Lee Ann existed. They were, after all, almost teenagers. And they were in public!
He focused on Lee Ann. “Chocolate?”
God, yes, chocolate.
She nodded and dug her camera out of the bag. It both thrilled her and annoyed her that he remembered her preferences. “Get them both one, too, please. But make one strawberry.”MoreLess
The poor man had looked far more than overwhelmed when they’d shown up at the mall and had to elbow their way into the first store, and after five hours of the same, she was starting to feel sorry for him.
Almost.
“How about I grab some milkshakes?” Cody said. “You girls want any...thing?”
Neither paid him any attention, exactly as they’d done most of the day, and Lee Ann really felt bad for not warning Cody they would try their best to pretend neither he nor Lee Ann existed. They were, after all, almost teenagers. And they were in public!
He focused on Lee Ann. “Chocolate?”
God, yes, chocolate.
She nodded and dug her camera out of the bag. It both thrilled her and annoyed her that he remembered her preferences. “Get them both one, too, please. But make one strawberry.”MoreLess
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