Sample Sunday Excerpt #2

In this snippet from A Song For You, Tangie and Bree talk about the current state of Bree's love life...

“Let me see if I can catch up with Spence,” I said, when a customer entered the store.
“Okay.” Tangie took care of the man and his kids while I typed out a text. In town for the weekend. R U free 2nite?


A few minutes later, my phone pinged. How about dinner? I can pick U up at 7:30. R U at Reese’s?
Yes. C U at 7:30. I smiled and returned the phone to my bag. An evening with Spence was always fun, particularly what happened after we got to his apartment. He knew how to turn up in the club and in the bedroom.
“You’re smiling, so you must’ve gotten in touch with the Wizard,” Tangie said with raised eyebrows. “So I take it you’re going out tonight.”
“He’s picking me up at your house for dinner.”
“So, I guess Reese and I shouldn’t expect to see you until noon tomorrow.”
“At least noon.” I winked.

“Please be careful, okay?”
“Come on, girl. You know Spence doesn’t mean me any harm.”
“I don’t believe he means you any good either.”
“What do you have against him, Tangie? He’s Reese’s best friend.”

“And you’re my best friend. I like Spence, but I love you, and I don’t think he really cares about you.”
“We get what we need from each other.”
Tangie frowned. “Is that really all you need? Or is it just what you say because you’re afraid of what it would mean to get into a serious relationship with a man?”

“I know what it would mean. The last thing I need is somebody telling me, ‘I don’t want you going there,’ or ‘That’s not a place where you should be singing.’ You know how rough it’s been for me since my mama got sick. I have enough stress in my life. Having some guy dictate to me would be more pressure than I could handle.”
“I can’t see you getting involved with such a possessive man.”
“Neither can I!”
“I mean you wouldn’t be attracted to a controlling man to begin with.”
“They all get all possessive once they know you have feelings for them. I like my freedom too much to get caught up in a situation like that.”
“You haven’t met the right one yet. Reese doesn’t try to restrict me in any way. In fact, he thinks I’m too introverted, and he’s always trying to get me to do things I’ve never done and go places I’ve never been. Sometimes it gets on my nerves. They call it the comfort zone for a reason.”
“Reese is one of the rare ones. You’re lucky you found him.”

“He found me. I wasn’t looking at the time either, remember?”
Tangie and I were never going to agree on this, so I just smiled and changed the subject.
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