The Swallow's Nest. Emilie Richards
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Название: The Swallow's Nest
Автор: Emilie Richards
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: MIRA
isbn: 9781474070614
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Blake laughed.
If the gloves had still been on, now they were off. Wayne stepped forward. “Dad, what are you doing? This woman is probably younger than I am.”
“But with much better manners.” Marina cocked her head. “I, for instance, would never jump to conclusions.”
Wayne acted as if he hadn’t heard. “I would appreciate it if you would leave so we can talk to our father.”
“You’re the one who’s leaving,” Blake told him. “You and your brother. Right now. This is my house, and you’re not welcome if you can’t treat Marina with respect.”
Marina stepped between them and touched Blake’s cheek. “Look, you’re not feeling well, and you don’t need a fight. We’ll all part friends and leave you alone to recover. Okay?”
Paul’s voice rattled with anger. “We don’t need your help. And my father doesn’t need your attentions.”
“That’s it!” Blake walked to the door and held it open. “Out!”
The two younger men stalked to the open door. More words were exchanged, but Marina, too angry to trust herself, stayed out of the fight. When it was over, and the door had closed behind them, she shook her head.
“Just what you didn’t need, huh? I’m sorry, Blake. If being your friend upsets your family, maybe I ought to stay away.”
“It’s my own fault. I had to be away a lot when they were growing up, and they still resent me. I let them take over the business when their mother was sick and I needed to be with her. And after that I got tired of working so much and let them take over even more. Now they want to take over my life.”
She was still furious, but fury had never worked in her favor. She didn’t let it show. “I’m sorry.”
He ran his hand over his wet hair, leaving tracks where his fingers plowed through it. “You’re the first good thing that’s happened to me in a long time.”
“I like being your good thing.”
“Don’t you dare stay away.”
She thought about how not staying away would make his overbearing sons feel, and she had to work hard not to smile. “Then I won’t. I definitely won’t.”
“I was thinking in the shower. Can you take at least one day off so we can go somewhere for a long weekend? We could get a flight to Las Vegas, see a show, have some great meals?”
She had been to Las Vegas—hadn’t everybody? But she’d gone for one night on a budget, eaten at cheap buffets and played the penny slots.
She didn’t have to think. This was her chance to do everything differently. “I’ll see what I can do. I might be able to take a day without pay.”
“That job of yours is going to be a hurdle.”
“Maybe I’ll quit someday.” She hugged him hard, but her mind was on other things. Like how she could use his sons’ anger against them. Like how her life could change for the better and quickly.
Then she thought of Toby. If she had kept him, she wouldn’t have this chance. She had traded her son at least partly for Blake, but maybe it was going to work out best for everybody.
“Stranger things have happened,” she said. “Someday I just might quit. Who knows?”
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