Falling For Him by Ali Parker

Author:Ali Parker [Parker, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Noah

“Hey,” Maggie said as she walked up to me, pulling a small wheeled suitcase behind her. It wobbled on the grass outside her mother’s house.

Going to meet her on the lawn, I took the handle from her and pushed it in to pick up the bag. “Hey, you. Thanks for agreeing to come with me.”

“Yeah, sure. You should be thanking my mom, though.” She smiled and tipped her head back to indicate the house. “If not for her, we would have had a chick accompanying us this weekend.”

“A chick?” I lifted an eyebrow, then caught sight of Lydia standing in the open doorway behind her, and I started laughing. “What the…”

Maggie shrugged, a soft smile playing on her lips. “She woke up and decided it was a good day to be a chicken.”

“I see.” Seeing Lydia wearing a yellow tutu and a yellow shirt with actual feathers on it didn’t mean I understood why, but I’d learned that asking those kinds of questions wouldn’t get me anywhere. “She looks cute.”

“She does,” Maggie agreed. Turning to face Lydia and Gayle, who had just come up to stand behind her, she lifted her hand in a wave. “Bye, guys. We’ll see you on Monday morning. Be a good girl for Meemaw, Lydia.”

“I will.” She grinned and reached for Gayle’s hand. “We’re going to the park later and everything.”

“Sounds like fun,” I said, also giving them a wave. “Thanks for agreeing to watch Lydia this weekend, Gayle. I really appreciate it.”

“No problem.” Gayle flashed me a wide smile. “You two kids have fun, you hear? We’ll be fine, so no need to worry or call to check in every five minutes.”

Maggie rolled her eyes, but I could see they had grown misty. She ran back to hand out more hugs, lingering as she held Lydia and kissed the top of her head.

It took ten more minutes before we hit the road, but I didn’t rush her.

Glancing at Maggie from behind my aviator sunglasses, I flipped the indicator once we were in the car and turned us onto the main road out of her neighborhood. “You okay?”

She let out a quiet sigh, nodding once. “I’ll be fine. It’s just that this will be the longest I’ll ever have been away from her. I’m trying really hard not to freak out about the fact that I won’t be seeing her again until next week.”

Emotion thickened her voice. Almost as if I couldn’t help myself, I reached out to rest my hand lightly on top of her thigh. “Do you want me to take you back? It’s okay if you don’t want to be away from her for that long.”

She inhaled deeply, bringing her hand down on mine as she shook her head. “No, I’m fine. It’s got to happen sometime, and I know she’s in the best possible hands. Just… distract me. Tell me about this event we’re going to. Who’s it for? What will we be doing all weekend?”

I turned my palm up under her hand and laced my fingers with hers.

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