COWBOY AND THE BABY, THE by FERRARELLA MARIE

Author:FERRARELLA, MARIE [FERRARELLA, MARIE]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

There were those in and around Forever, Cody among them, who felt that Miss Joan really did have eyes in the back of her head. How else would she be aware of every little thing that was happening, often simultaneously, in her crowded diner? It was a given that nothing got past the titian-haired woman with the deep, penetrating hazel eyes.

Today was no different. Cody had barely made it in through the diner door at lunchtime—always an incredibly busy time of day for Miss Joan—before she was suddenly next to him. He’d come in to get food to go and to express Devon’s thanks for the sirloin sandwich the woman had sent over last night.

“Missed you this morning,” Miss Joan informed him, startling Cody. “When you didn’t come in for your morning coffee, I thought you’d decided to stay home and lend that little girl a hand with her baby.”

Cody congratulated himself for giving no indication that the woman had caught him off guard. “No, actually, Devon made coffee for all of us this morning.” He added tactfully, “It was almost as good as yours, Miss Joan.”

Far from acting slighted, the owner of the diner was very displeased by what he was telling her. “You’ve got that girl making coffee?” Miss Joan asked him in an accusatory tone. “What else are you having her do?”

Cody deflected the blame easily. “No, she insisted, Miss Joan. By the time I got down to the kitchen, Devon had already made coffee and she had breakfast going, as well. She said she needed to do that not to feel like a charity case.”

Cody held his breath, waiting for the older woman’s reaction. Miss Joan was nothing if not unpredictable. Finally, the woman slowly nodded her head in approval. “Spunky. I like that.”

He breathed a silent sigh of relief. “She wanted me to thank you for sending over that dinner last night. She really enjoyed it.”

He could see the older woman was pleased, even though she waved the words away. Miss Joan drew him over to the counter, and then made her way behind it. In a second, she was filling customers’ coffees.

“How’s she doing today?” she asked.

Cody smiled. “She looks a lot better than she did when I brought her into the clinic.” Anything would have been an improvement over that.

“Well, I should hope so,” Miss Joan said sharply. “And the baby?”

“Sounds happy, looks healthy.” He knew that Miss Joan appreciated brevity. She didn’t like wading through miles of words to reach the answers she wanted.

“You got everything you need?” she questioned. “Because I had Henry pick up a couple of packs of disposable diapers to tide her over.” To prove it, she took out the packs from behind the counter and placed them in front of Cody.

The woman was a godsend. “She could definitely use those,” he agreed.

Miss Joan’s next question came right out of the blue and caught him off guard, although it did reinforce his belief that the woman was all-seeing.

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