Beyond Grace's Rainbow: HarperImpulse Contemporary Romance by Harrington Carmel

Author:Harrington, Carmel [Harrington, Carmel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 9780007550357
Publisher: HarperImpulse
Published: 2013-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

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Arriving at the apartment Grace wondered what was in store for her. Just as she walked up the steps to her front door, Jack opened it, shouting, ‘Happy Birthday Mommy!’ Grace started to laugh as she took in her son’s appearance. He was dressed as Robin Hood and looked just adorable.

‘How do I look, Mommy?’ he asked earnestly.

‘You look so handsome, sweetie-pie,’ Grace replied adoringly, planting a big kiss on his head.

‘It’s a fancy dress party, Mommy! Daddy says go upstairs straightaway. Put your costume on!’

Grace couldn’t believe it. Turning around to face Tara and Sean, she started to laugh. Sean held up a bag. ‘And these are our costumes. We couldn’t put them on, as it would have given the game away. Can we use your room, Jack?’

The three of them went upstairs led by Jack in front.

‘Don’t come out until I tell you Mommy, okay?’ Jack ordered.

Agreeing, Grace walked into her bedroom and let out a squeal of delight. Lying on the bed was a Marilyn Monroe costume, consisting of a blonde wig and the white halter-neck dress made famous by the iconic shot in The Seven Year Itch. She loved it. Liam knew that she had always admired Marilyn Monroe and he couldn’t have picked a better costume for her. She got changed quickly, taking her own wig off and swapping it for the platinum blonde one. She ran to the bathroom mirror to check out her appearance and was delighted to see that she looked okay. She needed to change her make-up though. She put bright red scarlet lipstick on and pencilled in a beauty spot over her lips. Then the obligatory lashings of black mascara and eyeliner were applied to complete the makeover. She looked great! After a few minutes, Jack came in and announced, ‘You look beautiful Mommy. I love your lellow hair!’ He had never been able to pronounce his Ys and they always came out as Ls. It was so cute.

Bending down, Grace gave him another big kiss. ‘I love you sweetie-pie. Have I ever told you that before?’

‘Not since yesterday, Mommy!’ Jack said with a smile. ‘I love you too, Mommy.’ He reached up and threw his two little arms around Grace and gave her a big hug.

‘Can we go downstairs now?’ Grace asked her son.

‘Yep, everyone is waiting.’ Jack caught his Mommy’s hand and led the way. ‘Wait till you see Uncle Tom!’

When they got to the sitting room door, Jack screamed, ‘Prise! Mommy’s here.’

Opening the door, Grace couldn’t believe her eyes. The room looked so beautiful. Liam had placed hundreds of fairy lights around the room, which were now twinkling. Banners of ‘Happy Birthday Grace’ were aligned on the back wall over the patio doors and their dining room table was laden with trays of hors d’oeuvres of every kind. It was too much to take in. She looked around at her friends’ faces one by one, all smiling at her, ending last of all on Liam’s face. She felt tears sting her eyes and noticed his were the same.

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