Chapter 36

"THIS WILL BE JUST lovely." Sharilyn shut the car door. "I haven't seen Molly in ages."

Riley hadn't seen her either since the news that she and Liam were a thing had swept through town like wildfire. Molly's response to that was to invite Riley and her mother over for a family dinner. Nothing Liam could say changed the fact that Riley felt like she'd been summoned, and she was more than a little nervous about it.

Hey, I know you're as much a mother to me as my own, but I really want to do the horizontal boogie with your eldest son. That copacetic with you?

Riley had no idea how she'd react to this. Sharilyn had been ecstatic and hadn't been able to stop talking about what a fine, upstanding serviceman Liam was. Which was patently true, but had left Riley so on edge, she thought she might've ground down a layer of teeth.