A Family Like Hannah's by Carol Ross

Author:Carol Ross
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Heartwarming
Published: 2015-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

ON NEW YEAR’S EVE Hannah actually found herself looking forward to a night out. She needed a distraction. She’d been spending entirely too much time thinking about Tate. They’d barely spoken since the ski episode, not about anything meaningful anyway.

By silent, mutual agreement, they were careful to keep things friendly for Lucas’s sake. Something she seemed much better at than him, which didn’t seem fair, because although she knew he was angry with her, she wasn’t too pleased with him either.

Now she and Adele walked through the door of the Cozy Caribou, which had been decorated in shimmering silver and black for the evening. A stage had been set up at the far end of the bar, and twinkle lights had been wrapped around the posts and strung across the ceiling.

“Wowza,” Adele exclaimed. “This party is fit for...I want to say New York, but with the moose head on the wall and the antique fishing and logging gear I’m thinking maybe...”

“Seattle?” Hannah offered.

“Definitely.”

“Tess used to have a nightclub in Seattle years ago.” Tess was the owner of the Cozy Caribou, which she operated with her long-time companion, Mack.

Rankins’s very own band Rushing Tide had come home to perform and the entire town was abuzz with excitement.

“Look, there’s Shay,” Adele pointed toward the bar where Shay stood talking with the musicians among a group of people.

As they made their way through the crowd, Hannah felt herself relaxing. She was sure she’d never seen so many people inside the Cozy Caribou at once, and that’s what managed to circle her thoughts back around to Tate. Surely he’d be overwhelmed by the number of folks here tonight?

“Have you seen Tate?” she suddenly blurted to Adele. “Cricket said he was coming. In spite of everything, I can’t help but feel sorry for him. He doesn’t know very many people. I was thinking about asking Cricket to introduce him around a bit.”

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that,” Adele pointed across the room. “Your snowboarder seems to make friends pretty easily.”

She spotted him and felt her stomach sink to her toes. He was literally surrounded by people, talking and laughing as if he’d lived here forever.

Before long the band started and Hannah was amazed by how incredibly talented the musicians were. She’d always been away skiing the times they’d visited their hometown to perform. She did her best to enjoy the evening, but for some reason Tate’s presence was spoiling her efforts.

Apparently Adele had been correct and she’d worried about him for nothing because little more than two hours into the evening he’d yet to say a word to her. And the more she thought about that, the more it hurt.

She’d done an excellent job of keeping their differences with regard to Snowy Sky out of their personal dealings. She loved Lucas. She’d gone out of her way to help Tate out where he was concerned. And this was how he repaid her? She didn’t care, she reminded herself, she wasn’t sorry that she’d taken Lucas skiing so she wasn’t about to apologize for that.

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