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Authors: Ruby Blaylock
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they were a father. She was starting to get the feeling that she’d walked into a bad episode of the Jerry Springer Show .
“You probably don’t know her. Her name’s Tina, and she’s really not a bad girl. I mean, she’s always been nice to me, and she never even made a fuss when Larry cheated on her. She just...kinda faded into the background. I guess she can’t stay in the background anymore if she’s got Larry’s kid.” Tucker seemed sympathetic to the woman, so Carly figured she couldn’t be all bad. After all, Tucker seemed to be a decent guy, and Carly figured he wouldn’t have pushed her for the truth since he knew how irresponsible his brother really was.
Carly felt bad for Tucker, and a little sorry for this Tina person. She had a nagging feeling that she did know her, but couldn’t place exactly how or where. The name just felt so familiar, but she couldn’t figure out why, at least not with the problem of getting Larry out of the bakery staring her in the face.
“I’d better get him home,” Tucker gestured towards his brother. “It’s gonna be raining cats and dogs out there in a minute.”
“Yeah, I’ve got to be up early...oh, shoot!” Carly slapped her forehead. “I’m supposed to be doing a pre-wedding walk through with Mona and Larry over at Moore House in the morning. Can you please make sure somebody gets him up and over there? Mona will be out for blood if he bails on her for that.”
Tucker grinned. “Yeah, I would not want to be around if he didn’t make it for that,” he chuckled. “Mona’s a total bridezilla. I don’t know what he sees in her.”
She watched as he dragged his brother out the front door and piled him in his car. Carly turned to clean the table, but Shell had already done it, and was spraying the display cabinet with bleach spray. “That man is disgusting. It would serve him right if Mona found out about this. I mean, does he think he’s going to be able to keep it a secret? This town is too small for that.”
Carly agreed with Shell. She was surprised that Larry’s ex had managed to keep the baby a secret for this long, and she was a little disturbed that Tucker had kept the fact that Larry’s ex had given birth to a baby a secret from his brother. She couldn’t tell if he had done it to be kind to the mother, or to spite his brother. The more charming of the two twins suddenly seemed a little less perfect, and maybe a hint more sinister.
She reached into her purse to grab her keys, then remembered that she’d ridden with Shell. Her hand brushed a crumpled up piece of paper, and she pulled it out to throw it away. Expecting to see a receipt or piece of junk mail, she was slightly surprised to see a napkin, then she remembered the red-haired girl from the day before.
She opened the napkin, and her mouth fell open. Tina Nicholls . “Oh my gosh, Shell!” Carly stared at her best friend for a second, then shook her head. “I know who Larry’s baby mama is.”
From the look on Shell’s face when she saw the napkin, she remembered the redhead, too. “Well, shoot. Ain’t this a fine mess he’s got himself into?”
Carly felt bad, and she almost wished that she didn’t know the woman whose child had such a pig for a father. Well, Tina Nicholls, I guess you found Larry after all.
Chapter 8
Moore House was a big, beautiful plantation-style home on the outskirts of Parker’s Mill. Carly had wanted to shoot a wedding there ever since she’d started taking photos professionally. She was in love with its elegant columns and long covered verandas. The home had belonged to some affluent son of the south before the Civil War, but when Sherman had blazed his way through the state, it fell into disrepair.
She reckoned it was a miracle that the place was still standing. Although it had only been mildly damaged in the fire, according to the historians that led a tour of the place once a month,
“You probably don’t know her. Her name’s Tina, and she’s really not a bad girl. I mean, she’s always been nice to me, and she never even made a fuss when Larry cheated on her. She just...kinda faded into the background. I guess she can’t stay in the background anymore if she’s got Larry’s kid.” Tucker seemed sympathetic to the woman, so Carly figured she couldn’t be all bad. After all, Tucker seemed to be a decent guy, and Carly figured he wouldn’t have pushed her for the truth since he knew how irresponsible his brother really was.
Carly felt bad for Tucker, and a little sorry for this Tina person. She had a nagging feeling that she did know her, but couldn’t place exactly how or where. The name just felt so familiar, but she couldn’t figure out why, at least not with the problem of getting Larry out of the bakery staring her in the face.
“I’d better get him home,” Tucker gestured towards his brother. “It’s gonna be raining cats and dogs out there in a minute.”
“Yeah, I’ve got to be up early...oh, shoot!” Carly slapped her forehead. “I’m supposed to be doing a pre-wedding walk through with Mona and Larry over at Moore House in the morning. Can you please make sure somebody gets him up and over there? Mona will be out for blood if he bails on her for that.”
Tucker grinned. “Yeah, I would not want to be around if he didn’t make it for that,” he chuckled. “Mona’s a total bridezilla. I don’t know what he sees in her.”
She watched as he dragged his brother out the front door and piled him in his car. Carly turned to clean the table, but Shell had already done it, and was spraying the display cabinet with bleach spray. “That man is disgusting. It would serve him right if Mona found out about this. I mean, does he think he’s going to be able to keep it a secret? This town is too small for that.”
Carly agreed with Shell. She was surprised that Larry’s ex had managed to keep the baby a secret for this long, and she was a little disturbed that Tucker had kept the fact that Larry’s ex had given birth to a baby a secret from his brother. She couldn’t tell if he had done it to be kind to the mother, or to spite his brother. The more charming of the two twins suddenly seemed a little less perfect, and maybe a hint more sinister.
She reached into her purse to grab her keys, then remembered that she’d ridden with Shell. Her hand brushed a crumpled up piece of paper, and she pulled it out to throw it away. Expecting to see a receipt or piece of junk mail, she was slightly surprised to see a napkin, then she remembered the red-haired girl from the day before.
She opened the napkin, and her mouth fell open. Tina Nicholls . “Oh my gosh, Shell!” Carly stared at her best friend for a second, then shook her head. “I know who Larry’s baby mama is.”
From the look on Shell’s face when she saw the napkin, she remembered the redhead, too. “Well, shoot. Ain’t this a fine mess he’s got himself into?”
Carly felt bad, and she almost wished that she didn’t know the woman whose child had such a pig for a father. Well, Tina Nicholls, I guess you found Larry after all.
Chapter 8
Moore House was a big, beautiful plantation-style home on the outskirts of Parker’s Mill. Carly had wanted to shoot a wedding there ever since she’d started taking photos professionally. She was in love with its elegant columns and long covered verandas. The home had belonged to some affluent son of the south before the Civil War, but when Sherman had blazed his way through the state, it fell into disrepair.
She reckoned it was a miracle that the place was still standing. Although it had only been mildly damaged in the fire, according to the historians that led a tour of the place once a month,
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