AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yes, sir.” I walked over to find him on the recliner. He’d lost so much weight over the past couple months, and his sallow complexion no longer looked like the same olive color as mine. It was hard to see him like this.
“When are you going to let us meet this mystery woman of yours?” he asked with a smirk.
I smiled as I leaned down to kiss him on the top of his head. “Good night. I love you, Dad.”
“I love you, too, son.”
I knew my parents were curious about who I was spending all my free time with. The past few weeks had been spent either at the shop, or with Charlotte. Chase was bringing Merritt around a lot, and it made me want to bring Charlotte over, too.
But being around my father broke my heart, and I didn’t want to be home to witness it. Charlotte was my escape from the depressing reality of what was happening to him. When I was with her, nothing else mattered—not our past lives, and not anything we were going through in the present.
Charlotte
Tanner took me on another date. We were sitting in the back seat of his car at a drive-in movie. I didn’t even know what movie we were here to see. It didn’t matter—our eyes were closed as we made out like kids without a care in the world. His Mustang wasn’t the most comfortable place to be, but it was better than nothing.
“This is the first time I am actually regretting buying this Mustang.”
“I think this is romantic. It’s what everybody did in the fifties.”
“Oh, yeah? Is an ass cramp romantic to you?”
“It is if you’ll massage it out for me.”
“One day, I’m going to take you up on that.”
I giggled and rested my head against his shoulder. Admittedly, the more time we spent together, the more I wanted more. The physical attraction between us was growing by the day.
“We should be taking this time to get to know each other better,” Tanner said.
I raised my eyebrows. “Okay. What’s your favorite color?”
“Red. You?”
“Teal. It was my mom’s favorite. When’s your birthday?”
“May 1.”
I laughed. “Of course it is.”
“What does that mean?”
“You’re a Taurus. I could’ve guessed that one.”
“All right, smartass. When’s your birthday?”
“March 1.”
“We’re both on the first. That’s pretty cool. What does that make you?”
“Pisces.”
“So, I’m a bull and you’re a fish?”
“Yup. Two fish swimming in opposite directions.” Which was exactly how I felt most of the time.
“Okay, enough of these fluffy questions. I want to truly know you. I want to know about your life.”
“Well, you already know about my mom. After that, it was just me and my dad. Both of their parents died young, so I didn’t have any grandparents or other family members. We had a few close friends. I miss my best friend, Carla, terribly. She is the reason why I know about zodiac signs. She knows all about astrology. She swears by it.”
