Teacher: The Final Act (A Hollywood Rock n' Romance Trilogy #3) by R. L. Merrill Read Free Book Online Page A

sick from the anesthesia after my surgery and had been throwing up for a couple of days.”  
    I frowned.  ”I didn’t know it was so close to your surgery,” I said, quietly.  
    His smile slipped a little.  ”The doc thinks that’s why it took me so long to heal, because of the, you know, being sick part.”  
    Poor Danny!  ”If I would have known that, I would’ve gone easier on you,” I said seriously and he laughed, shaking his head.  
    “Thank God you didn’t.  Janey, this lady here didn’t take any of my crap. She even tried to take care of me, and she didn’t even know me.  When my food came and I couldn’t eat it, she ordered me ice cream.”  His face morphed into that of a lovesick puppy.
    “You are too much,” I said, laughing.  ”I was just afraid I would be fired before I was even hired. I’m glad I wasn’t.”  
    Jane looked back and forth between us and made retching sounds.  ”Okay, okay, I get it.  You met, you fell in love, and now you’re going to get married.  By the way, when is that happening and do I get to be a bridesmaid?”  She looked up at me expectantly.  
    “I don’t know, sweetie, but I would be honored, if and when it happens, if you would be my Maid of Honor.  Not just some measly bridesmaid.”  
    Her eyes got big and she smiled up at me.  ”Really?  Don’t you have like a friend, or something, you’d want?”
    “Besides your dad, my best friend is Cosmo, and he’d be a little hairy for a bridesmaid dress.  Not to mention I think he wears like size fifteen shoes. He definitely wouldn’t be able to wear the heels.”  
    She burst out laughing and Danny nudged my foot under the table.
    “There’s no if , Jane.  I am going to marry Jesse.  I’m just waiting for the right moment to ask her officially,” he said, with a wink.  ”And you’ll be the first to know when that is going to happen, okay baby?”  
    She nodded.  
    I thought that was a good idea.  
    The server came, a bored looking guy with a rockabilly ‘do going on and full tattoo sleeves on each arm.  He took our orders and huffed off to put them in.
    Danny asked Jane what she was going to be learning at horse camp, and we fell into easy conversation.  Jane was bummed I was going back to work.  Her school didn’t start for two more weeks.  She and Nora were going to take Legs to the beach one day and she was going to hang out at Sasha’s for a couple of days.  
    Summer was over and we all had to get our game faces on.  Well, except Danny.  He’d already been back at work.  He shared with us the band’s progress in the studio.  Jane asked if we could come visit and he thought maybe in a week or so.
    “And we’re going to start dance class, too, Jane.  You’re going to be a busy girl,” I said to her, hugging her close to me.  
    She smiled happily. Danny seemed pleased that we were happy and getting along so well together.  Everything felt great today.
    We drove home after dinner and Danny and Jane carried their guitars straight to Danny’s room and got to work practicing.  I went to talk to Nora, who was putting away groceries.  We talked over the schedule for the week and then we went to the bedroom to listen to the Blacks play together.  She drooled over his guitar and admired Jane’s as well.  I lay down on the bed, stretched out and watched them.  
    The next thing I knew, Danny was crawling into bed with me.  ”Did I fall asleep?” He chuckled close to my ear.  
    “You did.  Don’t worry. We didn’t do too much damage.”  
    I shot up and touched my face, feeling something sticky.  ”Oh no,” I groaned and stood up shakily to go to the bathroom.  The room was spinning a little so I stopped in the doorway to take a break.  
    “You okay, babe?” Danny called, nervously.  
    “Just need the room to stop spinning a bit.  No problem.”  
    He stood up to help me into the bathroom and when I got a look at the mirror, I cracked