Embracing the Storm by Marie Carly

Author:Marie, Carly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Grayson

It was official—my husband was acting weird. Not just weird but cagey, and I couldn't figure out why. For the past week, he'd been glued to his phone at random hours. I'd asked him what was up a number of times, but each time he shrugged, smiled at me, and told me he was working on a surprise. I'd become skeptical to say the very least.

Now with what the media had deemed Snowmageddon due to arrive in just a few hours, Spencer had been worrying like a mother hen all day. I'd gotten no less than ten texts from him asking if I was okay, if the snow had started falling yet, and if I needed him to pick anything else up.

When my phone pinged for the third time in two minutes, I nearly threw it across the room until I saw Dexter's name on the screen.

Dexter: What time are the kids home from school today?

Me: 2:30.

Dexter: Great. I'll be there at 2, if that's okay. I want to get them here before the snow hits.

Me: Wait, you're still taking the kids? We're getting snowed in!

Dexter: Your point? I've been looking forward to having my niece and nephew here! And whether James admits it or not, he's been cleaning the spare rooms like it's his job. He even went to the store after work yesterday and bought every single thing he could think of that the kids might need or want for the weekend… probably longer if need be.

I smiled. They had only been in our lives for a year, but in that year, our family had grown not by two but by countless more. James brought his friends, Dexter brought his, and our little four-member family had turned into a giant extended one. It sometimes felt inescapable in the best possible way.

Me: Okay, I'll see you at 2. I'll have the kids packed up.

Dexter: Great! See you then! Ohhh, I'm so excited!!!

I tossed my phone to the side and picked my laptop back up. I had a few more things I really wanted to get done before it was time to get the kids ready to go. Except now that I knew the kids weren't going to be home, ideas were swirling in my head. The dramatic sigh I let out had been totally unintentional but summed up my feelings well.

I needed to text Caleb, Logan, and Aiden, but I couldn't find my phone. Where had I tossed it to? When I stood up to find it, the blankets I'd been wrapped in came unraveled. I almost laughed at the nest I'd made over the course of the late morning. Spencer always said I would burrow if I could, and he wasn't wrong. The blankets, my favorite yellow sweater, and the knit cap I was wearing weren't keeping me very warm, even though I had a fire going and the heat on.

Spencer was going to tell me the house was too hot when he got home.

"Oh! How did

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