Return of the Jerk (Sweet Life in Seattle, Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

computer and rises from the couch. “Let me find someplace private I can talk.”
    Blair watches as he opens her sliding glass door to her deck. She wonders who he’s speaking with that he needs privacy. He seems to have a lot of phone calls. She can see that Road has a serious expression on his face as he talks. She glances over at his ultra-slick computer and gets a prickle of unease at what he might be involved in.
    He’ll be gone tomorrow anyway.
    But then she thinks about how he was asking for the keys to Isadora.
    He can’t take her back. I won’t let him.
    There’s no way she’s giving him that car. Never mind she’s put thousands of dollars into her. Isadora belongs to me now. It’s as simple as that.
    She chews her thumbnail. The problem is Road has her title and is still her legal owner.
    But we’re still married, so I’m her legal owner, too.

    By the time Blair is ready to leave, she discovers Road is still on his phone outside. She puts a spare house key and the keys to her Honda on the kitchen counter for him, along with a note telling him her parking space number in the garage. Luckily, her condo came with two parking spaces so she has one for each car.
    Blair drives Isadora to work and parks behind La Dolve Vita in her usual spot. She and Natalie, moved the bakery to a larger location recently, and they both love it. Besides having more space, it’s an old brick building that’s quite picturesque.
    The familiar smell of fresh pastries and espresso surround her as she enters through the back door, and as always, it gives her a lift. She was into baking as a hobby when she was younger, and graduated from college with a degree in English intending to teach, but after some friends asked her to make a cake for their small wedding, Blair discovered she was hooked.
    Ginger, one of the part-time bakers they’d recently switched to full-time and who Blair is mentoring, let’s her know Kiki has arrived and is already waiting.
    “Thanks, tell her I’ll be right out.”
    Blair quickly checks her messages and makes note of a few. There’s one from the director of a women’s shelter with a list of the kids’ names who have birthdays coming up soon. Blair donated some cakes a few months ago, and when she heard the plights of some of these women and their children, decided to make it a regular thing.
    Afterward, Blair finds Natalie in their bakery’s back office, doing payroll on the computer. Her blonde hair is pulled back into a ponytail, and she’s wearing jeans and a purple shirt on her curvy body. Natalie recently married the most beautiful man on Earth and has a constant glow of happiness.
    Blair comes inside and closes the door, leaning against it. “You’ll never believe who showed up yesterday.”
    Natalie concentrates on the computer, typing something with the number pad. “Who?”
    When Blair doesn’t respond, Natalie looks over at her. “Everything okay?”
    “ Road showed up at my front door yesterday.”
    Natalie stops what she’s doing and stares at Blair with her mouth open. “Are you kidding?”
    “I wish I were.”
    “What does he want?”
    Blair doesn’t reply right away. What exactly does Road want? She’s not really sure. He hasn’t asked for anything, except Isadora. “I don’t know want he wants. It sounds like he’s moving back to Seattle.”
    Natalie is studying her. “Maybe it’s a good thing. Now you can finally put all this behind you.”
    “Maybe.”
    “Who’s he’s staying with? Tori?”
    “With me, for now.”
    Natalie’s eyes widen. “Is that smart?”
    “It’s only for a couple of nights. I told him he has to leave by tomorrow.”
    “I see.” Natalie studies Blair. “Do you still have feelings for him? You did love him once, so it’s understandable if you do.”
    Blair sighs. Natalie doesn’t know how she wound up married to Road. The only person who knows the whole story is Tori, and she suspects their mom has her suspicions. Everyone else