Easy Charm by Kristen Proby

Author:Kristen Proby [Proby, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Boudreaux, contemporary romance, Kristen Proby, family saga
Publisher: Ampersand Publishing, Inc.
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

~Gabby~

“Mom! Mom!” Sam jumps out of my mom’s car and runs right for me, smiling and happy to be home. His face is a little darker from all the sunshine he’s been soaking up in Florida.

And nothing ever looked so good in my life.

“Hey, sweet boy.” I swoop him up in a big hug, holding him extra close, kissing his head and breathing him in. “Oh my goodness, I missed you.”

“I was only gone for eight days,” he says with a giggle, but he doesn’t pull away quite yet.

“It was a long eight days. Entirely too quiet. And you’re my baby. I missed you.”

“I’m not a baby,” he whispers. “But if it makes you feel better to hug me a really long time, I guess it’s okay.”

“Thank you so much,” I say sarcastically, then pull back and take a look at him. “You had fun?”

He nods enthusiastically. “It was a lot of fun! But I think Nannan is ready for me to be home.” He leans in and whispers in my ear. “I’m a handful.”

I kiss his cheek, laughing, as I stand and smile at my mom. “Yes, you are. Hi, Mama.”

“Hello, dawlin’.” I pull Sam’s suitcase out of the trunk and hug my petite mother. “Sam is the apple of my eye, and I couldn’t love him more.”

“But I’m a handful,” Sam announces proudly. He’s leaning against my side, his arm around my waist. He’ll be extra clingy tonight at bedtime, and this is one time that I don’t mind in the least.

“That you are, sweetheart,” I reply. “Was he okay?”

“Oh, he’s an angel,” she says and I scoff. “He really is very good. Those kids just have so much energy! I need a nap.” She hugs Sam and then me. “You look beautiful, sweet girl.”

“Thank you, Mama.”

“Thank you for taking me, Nannan,” Sam says with a smile.

“You’re welcome, child. I need to rest up for next year.” She waves and drives away.

“I have something for you,” I tell Sam as we walk up the steps of the front porch.

“You do? Where?” He starts searching my pockets, but I hold his hands away, laughing.

“Not on me. Here.” I pass the bag that Neil left for him and watch him dig in, then look up at me with wide eyes.

“Wow! All this stuff is signed!”

“Yep. Neil came down to visit Rhys, and he left this stuff for you.”

“Oh, man! I miss all the good stuff!” His shoulders slump and he pouts for just a moment, but then he pulls the jersey over his head and grins. It hangs down to his knees, but he doesn’t care in the least.

“Lookin’ good.”

“Where’s Rhys?”

“Right here.” The man in question walks up the porch stairs and pats Sam’s back as my son hugs Rhys around the waist. “Hey, buddy.”

“I’m so happy that you’re still here!”

Suddenly, my phone rings in my pocket. The caller ID says Unknown Number, but I answer anyway. “Hello?”

Nothing.

“Hello?” I say again with a frown, but the line clicks and the call ends.

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