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Her voice is a shriek. “Lake! Oh my God!”
And all that peace I want…
Is shattered.
Fifty-One
Nova
She looks like him.
Only smaller. More petite. Much, much shorter.
And there’s something absolutely fragile about her.
Like the wrong word, the wrong action, the wrong blink of my freaking eyelids, and she would explode or shatter or—
Worse.
“I don’t know why my son didn’t tell me he was dating someone,” she whispers, tears streaking down her cheeks, eyes darting from side to side. “Why wouldn’t he tell me?”
“I—” Her head whips toward me so quickly that the words stick in my throat, and I have to force them out. “We just started dating.”
“And you’re living together?”
I wince.
Steve woofs.
And neither of those two things are helping this situation.
Frankly, this situation probably can’t be helped, considering I walked into Lake’s house and found his mom sitting on the couch that I ordered weeks ago now, Steve warily watching her from the other side of it.
“Well,” I say. “He was nice enough to let me stay for a bit.”
Now her face changes.
In a not nice way.
In a—
“So you’re using my son.”
I freeze, heart suddenly in my throat, and I force a smile. “Can I get you anything? A glass of water? Wine?”
“Offering me hospitality in myson’shouse?” she asks archly.
My head goes a little woozy, but I force a smile. This is fine. It’s all fine. Lake has already told me that she’s a handful, that she tries to seek out drama—and finding out her son has a live-in girlfriend is perfect fodder for that.
I just have to buy enough time for Lake to get home and deal with her.
“How about a honey rosemary mule?” I ask brightly instead of turning and running out the door like I want to. “It’s one of my specialties.”
She sniffs. “No, thank you.”
Steve growls.
She gasps, clamping a hand to her chest. “Th-that beast just growled at me.”
