The New Ever After (The New Ever After Series) Read Online Free
Author: Julie Farley
amazing writer. You can go on Amazon and read your 207 reviews. Just stay away from the three one star reviews, I know you’ve memorized them anyway,” said Jenny winking at Heather. “But you need to find something to read for tomorrow so get to work. I'm out, boss, and I'm leaving it to you to figure out.”
"Don't leave yet . Just a few more minutes.”
"If I stay here any longer, I won't have time to run to Starbucks and get my green tea or to meditate before the kids get off the bus. And with Matt working so much lately, I’m on my own."
"Why do you need to meditate anyway?"
"Because you and your aura have zapped all of my good energy, and I need to have a few cleansing breaths to remove all that negativity. You should try meditating. It might relieve some of that stress you're carrying around and it might even help you with your nightmares."
Heather rolled her eyes, opened the book again and set to the task of figuring out what to read. She didn’t want to talk about her night anymore.
"Bye, I'll see you in the morning," she said as Jenny walked out the door.
Chapter 4
Peter stood near the back of the bookstore rocking the stroller back and forth, hoping to lull at least one of the twins back to sleep. Their publisher thought it helped attendance and book sales to have Peter and the twins present at Heather's readings. It seemed they were right as almost every woman wanted Peter's signature right after they got Heather's. Most people came with a stack of the books Peter had written as well as a copy of Heather's book. Some were even forward enough to skip right over Heather and go to Peter. They all oohed and ahhed over the twins and everyone left with something to talk about. Ten-month-old twins at a book reading were an adventure each and every time. After every reading, people would make comments on Heather or Peter's public Facebook pages like: Thanks for buying me a new book after George ripped mine or I have never seen a Maclaren stroller flip over like that .
In a way, Heather and Peter became some sort of literary freak show . And so many of the women just wanted to watch the very handsome Peter's reaction to Heather reading about the first love of her life, Hank. The fact that he was able to stand there time and time again was a true testament to his love for Heather, his slightly frantic wife.
This particular morning, they had driven up to Washington, D.C. before the three older kids had gone to school. Heather's mom was charged with getting them on the bus, and Peter and Heather had picked up Jenny. Jenny was truly Heather's right hand. Jenny had Heather's back. After Heather had gotten pregnant, Jenny had defended her honor to all the people who thought she was a gold digger instead of an accidental gold tripper. Jenny had been on the beach with Heather as she had waddled down the aisle to marry Peter pregnant with their twins. She brought Heather a milkshake spiked with Bailey's the morning after the twins were born. And lately, she had been walking through the aisles of Kroger and Target with one twin in her cart as Heather had the other in her cart. As far as Heather was concerned, one of the best things Peter had done was put Jenny on the payroll when his old assistant had outed Heather's pregnancy on Twitter. He knew they needed someone they could trust managing their lives. Jenny had been Heather’s trusted neighbor for years as they raised their kids together. And Jenny was a huge support to Heather when Hank died.
The excerpt that Heather settled on today was a doozy . One that really pulled at her heartstrings and was hard to read without tearing up. It turned out that marrying Peter and having his children did not erase the pain Heather felt. She tried hard to develop amnesia about all they had endured. She wanted loving Peter to be enough for all of them but some days it wasn't. The piece she read this morning was about the days right after Hank died.
The
"Don't leave yet . Just a few more minutes.”
"If I stay here any longer, I won't have time to run to Starbucks and get my green tea or to meditate before the kids get off the bus. And with Matt working so much lately, I’m on my own."
"Why do you need to meditate anyway?"
"Because you and your aura have zapped all of my good energy, and I need to have a few cleansing breaths to remove all that negativity. You should try meditating. It might relieve some of that stress you're carrying around and it might even help you with your nightmares."
Heather rolled her eyes, opened the book again and set to the task of figuring out what to read. She didn’t want to talk about her night anymore.
"Bye, I'll see you in the morning," she said as Jenny walked out the door.
Chapter 4
Peter stood near the back of the bookstore rocking the stroller back and forth, hoping to lull at least one of the twins back to sleep. Their publisher thought it helped attendance and book sales to have Peter and the twins present at Heather's readings. It seemed they were right as almost every woman wanted Peter's signature right after they got Heather's. Most people came with a stack of the books Peter had written as well as a copy of Heather's book. Some were even forward enough to skip right over Heather and go to Peter. They all oohed and ahhed over the twins and everyone left with something to talk about. Ten-month-old twins at a book reading were an adventure each and every time. After every reading, people would make comments on Heather or Peter's public Facebook pages like: Thanks for buying me a new book after George ripped mine or I have never seen a Maclaren stroller flip over like that .
In a way, Heather and Peter became some sort of literary freak show . And so many of the women just wanted to watch the very handsome Peter's reaction to Heather reading about the first love of her life, Hank. The fact that he was able to stand there time and time again was a true testament to his love for Heather, his slightly frantic wife.
This particular morning, they had driven up to Washington, D.C. before the three older kids had gone to school. Heather's mom was charged with getting them on the bus, and Peter and Heather had picked up Jenny. Jenny was truly Heather's right hand. Jenny had Heather's back. After Heather had gotten pregnant, Jenny had defended her honor to all the people who thought she was a gold digger instead of an accidental gold tripper. Jenny had been on the beach with Heather as she had waddled down the aisle to marry Peter pregnant with their twins. She brought Heather a milkshake spiked with Bailey's the morning after the twins were born. And lately, she had been walking through the aisles of Kroger and Target with one twin in her cart as Heather had the other in her cart. As far as Heather was concerned, one of the best things Peter had done was put Jenny on the payroll when his old assistant had outed Heather's pregnancy on Twitter. He knew they needed someone they could trust managing their lives. Jenny had been Heather’s trusted neighbor for years as they raised their kids together. And Jenny was a huge support to Heather when Hank died.
The excerpt that Heather settled on today was a doozy . One that really pulled at her heartstrings and was hard to read without tearing up. It turned out that marrying Peter and having his children did not erase the pain Heather felt. She tried hard to develop amnesia about all they had endured. She wanted loving Peter to be enough for all of them but some days it wasn't. The piece she read this morning was about the days right after Hank died.
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