falling for the ghost of you by nicole christie

As long as he treats her good, I’ll play nice.” Lauren seems to be impressed with my accommodating attitude. “But she says she fell in love with him in that elevator. That doesn’t seem like her at all.” “I know,” I agree, flopping down onto my bed. “I still can’t believe your mom got engaged to someone she met in the two months that we were in Hawaii. Did I tell you he has a son? He’ll be there, too.” “You’re going to have a stepbrother.” She smiles when I make a face at her. Have you met him yet?” “No, we’re meeting him for dinner tonight. Trapped for two hours when the power went out in her doctor’s building.” Lauren arches a blonde eyebrow in that way that I wish I could copy. Besides, my mom talked my ear off all night about her new fiancée.” “Did they really meet in an elevator?” “I know, it sounds so fake. To Lauren, I say, “Well, we just got back last night, and some of us aren’t that anal. I guess I know what I’m going to be doing all day. Most of the clothes weren’t dirty, but they all smelled like oregano for some reason. My method of unpacking involves transferring my clothes from the suitcases lying on my bed to the big square hamper I had dragged in from my bathroom. Good news for her, though-I never got a chance to unwrap it. I don’t know if she realizes, but I’m pretty sure she’s sitting on a Ho Ho I had left on there last night. She’s judging me from her lofty perch on my desk.

“I can’t believe you’re still unpacking, Violet,” Lauren says, shaking her head. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, establishments, events, or locations is entirely coincidental. The names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Falling For the Ghost of You By Nicole Christie Copyright Nicole Christie 2012Īll rights reserved Copyright © 2012 by Nicole Christie This is a work of fiction.

Falling for the ghost of you by nicole christie