✨EXCERPT: LEAD ME KNOT by @s.l.scott releasing July 24th!
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“Who is that?” he asks.
“I don’t know,” I whisper, moving to the bedroom doorway. “Hello?”
“Honey, it’s me, Mom.”
My mouth drops open as I turn back to him. He scrambles to scoop up his clothes as I wave him to hide in the bathroom. “Be right there, Mom.” I look back at him, and silently plead, “Please tell me you locked the door.”
“Nope.” He hustles into the bathroom as I move to answer my mom.
Running my hands over my cheeks, I clear any flyaways, then pull the door open. “Hi, what brings you by?”
She looks so happy to see me that I feel bad for not offering to let her in. “I decided to bring the mail that’s collected at the house while you were gone.” She hands me the stack. “Not letting me in? I was hoping to use the bathroom.”
I keep the door solid in my hand, not budging a millimeter. “Oh gosh,” I start, blank of ideas. And then the worst idea naturally comes to mind. “My stomach was upset earlier. You don’t want to go in there.”
“Oh no.” Her head tilts as her eyebrows peak in despair. “I can make you some soup if you’d like. It will just take me a quick trip to the grocery store.”
“Nothing is quick out here in the middle of nowhere.”
“True, but I’m happy to do it for you.” She peers over my shoulder, and for a brief second in time, I imagine she sees Baylor.
I shift my weight to the other foot to block her view, and say, “No. No. It’s fine. I feel better already.”
She raises the back of her hand to my forehead. “You’re a little warm and your cheeks are flushed.” If she only knew why. “Keep an eye on your temperature and call me if you need anything.”
Throwing an arm wide, I squeak, “Wow, I’m suddenly good as new.” That’s not obvious. I’m the worst actress ever.
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