It’s where we made love for the first time. It’s our little slice of heaven. It’s home.
My phone rings and I see Seth’s name. A huge smile splits over my face. “Hello Mr. Harper.”
“Miss Johnson, I’m calling to tell you that I finished early. I stopped by your parents place and they invited us for dinner this Friday. I said yes, I hope you’re cool with that?”
I still can’t believe he kept contact with my parents. I love him so much for looking out for them! “It’s perfect. I’ll give my mom a call to see if we can bring anything.”
After the call from Seth I phone Mom. She would like to have dinner at the diner, that way not one of us has to cook and we can just catch up.
Friday can’t come soon enough. I’m excited to spend time with Seth and my parents. We have a lot of catching up to do.
~*~
I’ve just gotten home when there’s a knock at the door.
When I open it and see Candice, my stomach drops. I’m not in the mood for this woman!
Her smile fades to a cold scowl when she sees me instead of Seth. She tries to look around me into the apartment and I step to my right to block her view.
“Wow,” she says with a bite in her voice, “from resident ghost to call girl? That’s quite the leap for you, Lacey. When Seth tires of you, won’t you be a darling and tell him I’m waiting.”
I raise an eyebrow. Seriously? She did not just say that to me. I take a threatening step forward, forcing her to take one back. I’m about to let her have it, when this weird calmness settles over me. I’ve survived so much in my life that this woman is nothing. I smile at her and then in my sweetest voice I say, “I think it’s going to be a while before he tires of me. Right now we make love easily four to five times a day. Let’s say it goes down to three times a day a month from now, because you know a man has to have a good breakfast, lunch and supper. After a year we might go down to twice a day, and after ten years or so we might go down to once a day. But it will never be less than that because I’ll always make sure my man eats at home. Seth is a little picky and likes to only eat five star meals, so you can take your one star menu and shove it up your ass.” I smile again. “I hope you have a nice evening.”
I walk back into the apartment and close the door on a stunned Candice. I do a little happy dance, knowing I put her on her place. It felt so good!
~*~
Chapter Forty-Eight
Seth~
We go by the RV to pick up Sophia and Nate, and then we all drive together to the diner. I haven’t eaten there in years. I’m looking forward to it.
As we walk in I look around. The place hasn’t changed one bit. We grab a booth by the window, looking out over the ocean. The view is awesome. I take a minute to appreciate it before I glance over the menu.
Lacey nudges me with her elbow. “What are you having?”
Sophia pipes up, “The boy will have a Spiderman burger with cheesy fries and a coke. It’s all he ever had when he came in.”
I grin happily, “You still remember that?”
“Of course I remember, you were always one of my favorite customers.” Sophia reaches across the table and gives my hand an affectionate squeeze.
A girl clears her throat next to the table and I look up to place the order, but the words get stuck. This is not going to go down well!
Her eyes widen as she looks at me, and then her eyes dart around the table and land on Lacey. “Lacey? You haven’t changed one bit! It’s so good to see you! How are you?” She drips of fake excitement as her eyes jump between me and Lacey.
I glance at Lacey to see how she’s handling this. “Natalie? Wow, it’s been so long.” Lacey’s eyes drop to Natalie’s very pregnant stomach. “You’re expecting! That’s so awesome.”
Natalie glances down at her swollen belly. “Yeah, almost time to pop.”
“It’s Natalie’s last week here. She’s getting married this weekend,” Sophia says and obviously she’d know, because she works with Natalie.
“You’re getting married. I’m so happy for