Lauren Dane Giving Chase (Samhain) (pdf)

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right away.
Is that Maggie? Polly called from the kitchen.
Yeah, Momma! Shane called back.
Maggie stood up. Oh for goodness sake, Shane, don t bellow at your
mother. She looked down at their grandparents. I ll just go in and say
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hello to Polly. I ll be back in a few minutes, I m enjoying getting to know
you.
Kyle walked with her down the hall to the kitchen. Polly was inside
with her sister Georgette and lit up when she saw her. Hi, honey! I m
glad you re here. This is my sister, Georgette.
A tall woman in purple stretch pants and a gold metallic sweater
stepped from around the refrigerator and enfolded her into a bear hug.
Maggie tried not to panic as her face got trapped between two enormous
breasts.
My goodness but you re a bitty thing! Just adorable. I m glad to meet
a woman who can take another Chase man off the bachelor market. You
should have seen Edward when he first met Polly. He was the stuff
around these parts, he and his brother. All the women of Petal wanted
Edward Chase and he had his share of most of them. Until Polly let her
hair grow and she suddenly got breasts.
Kyle looked as if he wanted the earth to swallow him whole but his
aunt kept on with the story and Maggie struggled not to laugh.
Oh my goodness, when we walked into the grange for a dance, lordy
he fell apart. Tripped over his feet to get to her. From that night there
was no other woman in Petal that could get his eye again.
Maggie smiled, thinking about what a looker Polly must have been at
twenty years old. Polly smiled back at her. Oh, honey, they may take
forever to fall, but when they do, it s hard and it s forever.
Kyle rolled his eyes discreetly and Maggie pinched him. Okay,
Momma, I m in the room.
Polly reached up and patted his cheek. I know, darlin . Honey, your
uncle and your daddy are out back, chipping balls. Get them in here
please. It s time to eat.
Kyle nodded and went out the door looking relieved to escape.
He s so cute when you re around. Polly s smile was bright.
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He s always cute, Polly. You and Edward sure do make gorgeous
boys.
Yes, we did, didn t we? Now, let s get this food out there!
Maggie sat in between Marc and Kyle and the constant carping
between the two of them made her laugh. Marc was a shameless, but
totally harmless, flirt and he did it partly just to needle Kyle. Finally,
Polly leaned over and rapped Marc across the knuckles with her fork and
told him to stop harassing his brother and Maggie laughed even harder.
The family was so wonderful and welcoming, she felt like she d never
truly even had a holiday dinner before. She helped clear up the dishes
but then the men took over, sending the women out to sit and drink
coffee and brandy.
Ah& this is the life, Polly said, kicking off her spike heeled shoes
and wriggling her toes. Too bad they don t do this more often. Maggie,
darlin , you must raise my grandsons to do the dishes. I came from a
different generation, it wasn t done very often. I admit I spoiled them a
bit.
Just a bit, Maggie said dryly. It is mighty difficult to not want to
take care of Kyle. Luckily, he can cook and his condo is quite clean. As
for grandchildren, well, let s just take this one step at a time.
Georgette laughed. You re the sacrificial lamb, sugar. The first real
woman who s caught a Chase boy this generation. Just think about how
much easier it will be for the next three after she s broken you in.
Polly threw her sister a dirty look. Don t you go scaring this little
peach away! She s the best thing that ever happened to Kyle. Have you
ever seen him so, I don t know, happy? Calm, satisfied looking? No, this
little girl, she s so wonderful that Kyle s brothers can now see just how
worthwhile love truly is. Not a sacrificial anything, an angel.
Maggie snorted. She wouldn t think Maggie was so angelic if she
knew why her son looked so satisfied lately.
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The doorbell rang and Polly started to put her shoes back on and
groaned. Maggie put a staying hand on her knee and stood up. I ll get it,
just put those feet up.
She walked into the foyer and opened the door, only to come face to
face with none other than Lyndsay Cole and her bimbo partner in crime,
Stefanie Peterson. Maggie stared at them. Yes?
We brought some pie by.
That so?
We did it to be neighborly of course. We re very close to the Chase
family, you know, Stefanie snapped.
Oh really? Funny, no one s ever mentioned you.
Lyndsay is close to the Chase family, or at least one of them in
particular.
Maggie snorted and nearly jumped out of her skin when Polly came
into the hallway, in her bare stocking feet. She turned and gestured to
Lyndsay and Stefanie. Apparently, they wanted to be neighborly and
bring over a pie.
Why would we want their pie when yours were so good? Polly said
with a smile that slid into a glare when she turned her gaze at Stefanie
and Lyndsay. Cut the crap, girls. What are you really doing here?
Hello, Mrs. Chase. How are you today? Momma just had an extra pie
and wanted me to bring it over, Lyndsay cooed. Maggie had to admire
the girl s steel for not quailing in the face of Polly s scorn.
Polly took the pie, looked at it and handed it back. She just stared at
Lyndsay for some moments before speaking. You say your momma
made that pie?
Yes, ma am.
She working over at Kroger s bakery these days? Polly jerked her
head, indicating the Kroger s stamp on the bottom of the pie tin.
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Lyndsay s face colored and then she brightened. Kyle walked into the
hall and approached, putting an arm around his mother and Maggie.
What s going on here?
Apparently, Kyle, Lyndsay s momma is working at Kroger s bakery
now and wanted her to bring over a pie. Also, Stefanie thought she d
come by as well, to be neighborly and all, Maggie said sounding quite
dangerous.
Polly, hearing a tone similar to her own in Maggie smiled in her own
dangerous way. Apparently, honey, she forgot to wear a bra, too.
Maggie burst out laughing and Kyle smiled down at his mother and
then looked at Lyndsay from the neck up, he wasn t a fool. You two [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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