Page 31 of Find Me in the Rain


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I nod my head as I finally get ahold of my tongue. “Yes. That would be amazing. Thank you so much for thinking of me.”

She smiles at me. “Of course. I will have him email you.” She quickly jots down the contact info and hands me the sticky note. “Have a good weekend, Laura.”

I take the slip from her, unable to contain the grin on my face. “Thank you so much.”

Once I leave the room, I fumble to get my phone out of my pocket as fast as I can. I want to tell Char right away even though I’ll see her in minutes because she’s picking me up.

She answers on the first ring. “Sup, babe?”

“Guess what just happened!” The words practically squeak out of me.

“What?Out of the way, asshole!” she shouts way too loud into the phone. “Sorry about that. I swear this person is doing, like, five miles an hour.”

I can’t help but laugh at her. “Dear God, Char, you have more road rage than Josh, and that’s saying something.”

“Ugh, whatever.” I can practically see her roll her eyes. “What happened? Wait, let me guess. You ran into Cam, and you guys went at it in the elevator.”

“Funny. No. My professor recommended me for a marketing job for The Crooked Spine. It’s super-duper part-time, but it pays, and, like, it’s actually what I’m going to school for, ya know?” I bite my lip, just trying to bathe in the moment.

“Lu, that’s amazing! I’m so proud of you.” I hear her blinker click on in her car. “I’m here, north door.”

I add a little bit more juice in my step and head out of the building. “Coming.” I end the call.

I hop in the car, and—oh my gosh—we weren’t even off the phone for more than a minute, and her music is already blaring. I immediately turn it down.

“You’re no fun, Mom.” She mocks, pulling out of the lot.

Smacking her hard on the shoulder, I laugh. “Shut up, you brat. You ready for tonight?”

“Hell yes, I am. I’ve been waiting all day to get ready. Callie and Hannah are going to love our costumes tonight; we’ll be the cutest vampires around.” Excitement is oozing off of her.

“Thanks to you.” If she hadn’t been amazing and done all the shopping, I’d probs be stuck, wearing whatever I could pull from the back of my closet.

“It’s what I’m here for.” She blows me an air kiss.

We talk the rest of the way home about how we should do our hair. She also fills me in on her and Reed. They went on a date last night, and apparently, he is quite the romancer.

I’m happy for her. She deserves nothing but the best.

We pull into the driveway seconds before Josh and Jack pull in behind us. Josh picks him up from school because his schedule is open. I buy him extra ice cream and snacks to make up for it.

But I know he really does it for Jack. Uncle Josh loves that boy as much as I do.

Jack slams his door and takes off for me. “Mom!”

He barrels into me, and I feel nothing but absolute love for my boy.

“Hey, little man. How was school?”

He wraps his hand around mine and leads me inside, telling me all about kindergarten. “Today, we went over more spelling stuff; it wasn’t very fun. But Erick was helping me a lot.”

Erick is Jack’s best friend. He just spent the night last weekend, and I swear the boys didn’t get a minute of sleep.

“I can help you, too, if you want. I’m pretty good at spelling.” I squeeze his warm hand.

“Yeah, okay.” He shrugs and bolts up the stairs to his room.

I lean backward over the couch and fall back against the cushions, landing with a soft thud. I close my eyes and revel in the one moment of calm I will have today.