Ellie's Forever Family by Lyn Cote

Author:Lyn Cote [Cote, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lyn Cote

Under an overcast sky, Pete drove up New Neighbor Lane and parked in front of the Habitat site, ready to get the tent up so the project could catch up with the planned building schedule. Eleanor already stood near the lonely-looking, roofless shell.

A few volunteers, including Dex, Kevan’s uncle, who’d come to help put up the tent, milled around in the unusually heavy humidity, so uncommon this far north. Pete called to them. Soon the six of them were carrying the rolled-up canvas tent.

With Eleanor directly across from him, Pete couldn’t stop himself from glancing at her with concern. Ever since sharing lunch with her and her family a few days ago, he’d turned the troubling impressions of her family over and over in his mind.

His family had stresses. Didn’t every family? But Eleanor’s mother had seemed to him… What? He didn’t know what to call it, other than not happy. Should he say something or remain silent?

Eleanor had helped him with his problem, and he wanted to help her. Didn’t friends help friends? And wasn’t that what he was doing today? Pete preferred dealing with real stuff, wood and nails, not all that touchy-feely stuff.

Right now, he had to stop thinking about Eleanor and her family and start getting this tent up. First the six of them unrolled it, and then using ladders, he and another volunteer hefted it over the roof. While they were working on the supports and stakes, he managed to stand next to Eleanor. He murmured into her ear, “I’m going to Mavis’s soon to inspect her house.”

“I’m glad you’re going to make sure it’s ready for winter,” she said.

He nodded, unable to look away. The delicate curve of her ear had captured his gaze. “I like her, and I like her house. It was built solidly, but every house needs maintenance.”

She made that humming agreement sound of hers, but her mind definitely appeared to have drifted off to something else. But what?

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