Page 37 of Family Bonds: Alana & Brennan
“Nothing like making it obvious shutting my door to talk to me all the time.”
Kelsey waved her hand. “Everyone will think it’s work or family related. Who cares?”
“Maybe I do,” she said. She didn’t want Brennan to think he was being gossiped about.
“I only commented on a picture,” Kelsey said. “Why is your face red? What am I missing?”
Shesoooowanted to talk to someone about this.
She’d never been confused about her feelings with a man before. That was before the man she loved betrayed and broke her heart and trust.
Since then she had put little effort into men again.
Just looked and wished from afar.
She wasn’t lying when she told her family yesterday that she was trying again.
But that didn’t mean she was getting anywhere with it.
The last thing she needed to do was make a fool of herself by not reading the right signs.
“Nothing,” she said.
“Liar,” Kelsey said. She sat in the chair across from Alana’s desk.
There’d be no getting rid of her now. “Can I get your opinion on something?”
“Yes,” Kelsey said, bouncing in the seat. “Give me the deets. All of them. Something happened, right?”
“On Saturday Becca asked me if I liked tacos and then wanted me to have dinner with them. She really put us on the spot.”
“First, did you end up having tacos with them?”
“Yes.”
“Sweet. Okay, how was the night? Did you and Brennan interact with each other or was it all about Becca?”
“Becca was napping when I got there, but woke up maybe twenty minutes later. We talked for a bit. I told him I could have come later.”
“If he wanted you to come later, he would have let you know,” Kelsey said.
“I thought that too, but I don’t want to read more into this.”
“This is getting good.” Kelsey was rubbing her hands together like she always did. “What did you talk about before Becca woke up?”
“He asked how I ended up on the island. My senior status surprised him.”
“You won’t stay there long,” Kelsey said. “You know that.”
She shrugged. “I don’t care about that. I know I’m good at my job.” She returned Kelsey’s smirk. She had all the confidence in the world in her ability to do a great job. “But he wanted to know what brought me to the island.”
“Did you tell him about your dickhead ex?”
“More than I thought I would have. I just talked and it’s hard to say one thing and not all.”
“What was his reaction?”
“He made a comment about excuses don’t work with cheating. I got the feeling he felt the same way I did. I asked how he ended up on the island, even though he mentioned losing his nanny.”
