Fallen Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Livvy slammed into Adrienne’s legs, and it took all her power not to fall on her butt thanks to her niece’s exuberance.

“You’re here!” Livvy screamed, jumping up and down while still holding onto Adrienne.

Adrienne couldn’t help but smile and reach down so she could lift the three-year-old into her arms. “Hey, baby girl. I am here.”

She kissed Livvy’s cheek and held her close. She was so in love with her niece and knew she would forever be grateful that Shep and Shea had decided to move up to Colorado Springs. While she knew her brother had done well down in New Orleans and that’s how he’d met Shea to begin with, having her family all in one area made everything so much better.

Livvy kissed her on her cheek then on her forehead and chin before wiggling down so she could run to another adult and lavish them with kisses and hugs, as well. She’d been shy at first when she first got to know the Montgomerys, but clearly, that wasn’t the case anymore.

“As Livvy announced, you made it,” Katherine Montgomery said as she walked up to Adrienne. Her mother was gorgeous and totally didn’t look her age. Since she’d had the same color hair as Adrienne for years before she started having to dye it thanks to the silver strands, Adrienne hoped she looked like her mother when she was her age.

Adrienne sank into her mother’s hug and sighed. “Yeah, I did. Mace and Ryan are holding down the shop so Shep and I could come and be Montgomerys for the afternoon instead of stressing.”

Her mother patted her cheek. “You wouldn’t be a Montgomery if you didn’t stress over something.”

Adrienne rolled her eyes before leaning into her mother’s hold. “I did learn from you and Dad, didn’t I?”

Her mom laughed before going to help Livvy with something on the other side of the room. The Montgomerys tried to have a family dinner at least once a month. With her brother coming back home, their dinners had been occurring more often than usual—something she enjoyed even if it was harder to hide some things from them when she needed to. And before the wedding, there had been a lot more get-togethers—for at least the women of the family. Roxie hadn’t wanted a huge wedding, but she’d had the small, intimate ceremony of her dreams. At least, that’s what Adrienne thought.

Roxie and Carter were off on one side of the room, deep in conversation. The couple went from smiling to frowning at one another often enough that Adrienne had no idea what they could be talking about. But she noticed the way Carter brushed a piece of hair from Roxie’s face and smiled down at her as if she were the only person in the world he ever wanted to look at or be with. He was so in love with her sister that Adrienne had to hold back tears when she looked at him as he gazed the way he did at Roxie.

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