Deep Dixie by Jones Annie

Author:Jones, Annie [Jones, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: PoutyGirl Productions
Published: 2012-11-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

After they had talked through the details of what had to be done next, said their goodnights and the whole house had gone dark and quiet, Dixie had laid awake, tossing and turning. She tried to chalk it up to all the stress of the day and having strangers in the house. But deep down she knew it wasn’t what she found strange but all the familiar feelings Riley and Wendy’s presence stirred in her that hadn’t let her close her eyes and let go of the day. Feelings of family and home and wanting the same things in life as the people you care about.

Not that she cared about Riley Walker, not that way. But that he wanted for his child what her father had wanted for—Good heavens, she was already beginning to think like Riley!

“Here you are! Sis told me I’d find you in the kitchen. Are you ready to get go—” Riley froze at the threshold, his arm out straight to brace open the swinging door. “What are you doing still in your robe? We’ve got a big trip ahead of us if we hope to get over to Jackson, find and speak with Lettie’s grandson, then get home again before nightfall.”

Outside, the low rumble of thunder seemed to underscore his impatience.

Dixie slid her spatula under the lacy edges of one of the eggs frying in the cast-iron skillet. “I’ll be ready in no time, just let me finish up with the breakfast and then I’ll grab a quick shower and dress and be ready to hit the road.”

“Breakfast?” He shook his head but his stomach grumbled loud enough to rival the thunder outside. “What are you doing cooking breakfast?”

“It’s the first meal of the day, and it is now just a few minutes past seven in the morning. It’s not such a difficult leap of logic to put those together.” She held her tongue just so, rotated her wrist, and then flipped the egg in the pan without disturbing the deep yellow yolk.

“No, I mean why are you preparing breakfast?” He folded his arms and anchored his feet, using his broad back to hold the door wide open.

The morning light, muted by overcast skies, added a depth to his features that the brightest sunshine had erased, or at least, de-emphasized. She could see the lines of care etching outward from the corners of his deep eyes and the small creases that framed his smile, faint but always evident in his tanned cheeks. His damp hair looked even thicker, the waves and curls more unruly at the ends where he had tried to comb them back and down. The sight of him here, in her kitchen, dressed and ready to face the day sparked a subdued and startling excitement in her.

“Surely you don’t put in a full day’s work and still fix all the family meals.” He looked around the room as though he almost expected to see someone else helping her. “If that’s the case then we’re going to have to make some changes starting immediately.

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