THE PARCEL (THE SPECIAL DELIVERY DUET #1) BY LEIGH SUZNOVICH – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Ellie Hartwood
- Language: English
- Genre: Contemporary romance
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Evie
I sit crossed-legged in bed, my laptop propped up in front of me. Another
night of binge-watching nineties sitcoms. I wait for my guilty
conscience to perk up, relieved when it doesn’t. I’m allowed a few
innocent pleasures.
Glancing at the time displayed on my computer, I note it’s already past
midnight. With a sigh, I push the laptop aside to the empty side of the bed.
That space, unoccupied for years, has become a dumping ground for when
I’m too lazy to put things away properly.
I reach for my daily planner, dig a pen from my hair bun and draw a
large ‘x’ over yesterday’s date. Only three more days until the big 5-0.
I get out of bed and plod slowly to the kitchen, the porcelain tile cold
against my bare feet. I find a clean wine glass, filling it from the half-empty
bottle and swallow a large gulp of the cheap Merlot, the liquid sliding like
silk down my throat.
“What have I got to show for half a century on this planet?” I mutter to
myself, quickly following it up with a mental head slap.
Daniel and Jeffrey are my two gems. Everyone tells me I’ve done a
terrific job with the boys, and I have to agree. Eleven months apart, they’re
Irish twins and thick as thieves when they’re together. Whether their
closeness resulted from their parents’ divorce or preceded it doesn’t matter.
Chicken or egg. Their relationship had helped them through the toughest
time of their lives.
Now they’re grown. A few months ago, Daniel graduated college. Set
with a decent position at a Manhattan accounting firm, he’s seeing
someone, enjoying the freedom that comes with making money and having
no major expenses. Jeffrey has two semesters left and is spending them
studying abroad. It’s still too early in Rome to call him.
Their dad has been a less than stable figure in their lives, jumping from
one job to the next, frequently a year or two of no steady income in the
interim. I’ve lost count of the times he’s moved, and I assume it’s due to
evictions.
I down the rest of the wine, unable to shake the feeling of unease. Like a
galaxy filled with stars and I’m fixated on the singular black hole. I hope
the plan to celebrate my milestone birthday with Caroline is the right
decision. I’m excited and nervous for the trip out west with my BFF. The
two of us have been hitting the gym for months, chatting on the Stairmaster,
revving up for the hikes in Yosemite.
I’ve known Caroline and my three other gal pals, Barbie, Sam, and
Monique for years, some for decades. We’ve been there for each other
through weddings, babies, divorces and death.
Barbie started the Fabulous Fifty club the day she hit the half-century
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