Fade to Blue by Julie Carobini

Author:Julie Carobini [Carobini, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Julie Carobini
Published: 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

“When are you planning to talk to him?” Gage hadn’t looked at his menu since Mimi handed it to him.

I gave my brother a hard stare, warning him, and then glanced at Jeremiah who smeared more butter on a cracker than it could hold. “Soon. Before bed, I think.”

Gage pursed his lips and dropped his gaze to the menu, although I doubted he read it. It occurred to me that another word for protective was worrywart. My brother’s reaction to everything Len made me rethink myself over and over.

I sighed. Second meal out today. For a girl who liked to cook, I’d spent a lot of time at the mercy of someone else’s kitchen lately. If Gage hadn’t suggested we meet up at the Red Abalone Grill tonight, I would have been satisfied with a tall glass of milk and a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich at home. Tired did not begin to describe my feelings at the end of this long day.

“So what are you going to say?” My brother raised his head again to pepper me with questions.

My eyes widened in response.

Gage took in Jer, who played with a pile of crumbs on the Formica table. He shook his head and waved a hand. “Never mind. I know you’ve got it under control. Just wish . . .”

“What do you wish?”

“I wish the guy would just go away.”

Although that would make life less complicated, I held out hope for Len. He said he’d spent hours and hours alone, giving him much time to rethink all he had done to mess up our lives. He said he wanted to prove to me that he had faced down his demons—well, not in those exact words—but he did say he asked God for a clean slate, and one had been granted him. So what if a niggle of doubt crawled through me like an elusive itch? Did I really want to miss being a witness to a God-directed change in Len’s life?

A gust of wind brought Mimi to our table. “How we all doin’ tonight? I see you brought your hungry fella in here again. How are you, Mister Jeremiah?”

“I’m. Good!” He nodded his head once with each word.

“Great!” She turned to me. “So what’ll you have tonight?”

I handed her my menu. “Just a salad and a roll for me.”

“And for your growing boy here?”

I nudged Jer, encouraging him to answer for himself. He stuck his forefinger up his nose, as if it helped him think, and I dragged his hand away. “I will have the . . . the chicken fingers!”

Gage gave Mimi a teasing wink and looked at his nephew. “I don’t think chickens have fingers, do they Jer?” He glanced at Mimi. “He’ll have the chicken feathers instead.”

Jer giggled and held up one pudgy hand like a stop sign. “No! Wait! I want the chicken head. Yeah, that’s right!” Again with the dramatic head nodding. “Chicken.” Nod. “Head.” Nod.

Gage plopped Jer on his flyaway hair with the menu before handing it to Mimi.

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