Page 37 of Family Bonds- Jarrett & Andi

“Yes,” the woman said. “Take a seat.”

She moved to one of the chairs and sat. Thankfully her black eye was gone so she could stop applying her makeup as if she was going center stage in the clown act at the circus.

Her phone went off with a text and she pulled it out quickly. She’d turn it off when she was getting her work done, as she didn’t want to jump or jerk in an inopportune time. Like when there were sharp tools in her mouth.

The text was from Jarrett wishing her luck.

She smiled and replied thanks.

No reason to get into a long texting conversation right now.

That wasn’t her anyway and she didn’t want him to know she was having any anxiety being here. The last thing she needed was the new guy she might try to start something with thinking she was a nutcase on top of being a klutz.

What a fun date that had been.

They hadn’t even talked much as she was too busy kicking his butt bringing in their dinner.

The chagrined look on his face said it all.

But he was good to his word and cleaned the three fish she caught. She cooked them because it was the least she could do. They both had a lot of leftovers from it too.

While he’d been cleaning the fish on her deck, she’d put together a potato salad. Something easy and she’d sent it home with him too. Again, soft enough for her to eat.

“Andrea Benson?”

She stood up and followed the woman through the doors and to the back, then took a seat and waited.

“Hi, Andrea,” Coy Bond said when he came in. “Ready for this?”

“As ready as I’m going to be,” she said.

“Mandy is going to numb you with some gel before the shots. You shouldn’t feel much pain at all. If any. But you’ll feel some vibrations as I try to smooth your teeth down so that the resinwill adhere better. Then we’ll get you all set and out of here in less than forty minutes or so.”

“That’s not bad,” she said. “I thought it’d be more.”

“I’m fast,” Coy said. “And good.”

There was a boyish grin on his face. She’d met Drew Bond before and saw the resemblance between the brothers.

“I’m banking on both of them,” she said.

Mandy stuck some numbing gel on her gums while Coy said, “I’ll be back in about five minutes. Going to check on a few more patients.”

She’d set this appointment later in the day so that she could get a full day of appointments in. Or catch up as best as she could from the week being out. She was almost there.

There were no plans with Jarrett tonight. She hadn’t seen him since he left after dinner on Sunday.

They cleaned up after they ate, they talked a bit, and then she gave him one hell of a kiss before he walked out the door.

Andi knew he wasn’t going to make that move. The little light peck on the cheek on Friday was nice, but she wanted more.

She needed to feel the heat and know that what she felt for him wasn’t just gratitude for him saving her, but something more.

When her knees were wobbling and she had to steady herself with her hands on his shoulders, she had her answer.

The cocky grin he was giving her said he knew what she was feeling too. And she had no problem with that when she normally kept her feelings to herself.

“Let’s see if you’re numb,” Mandy said.

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