Fixer-Upper (Spinning Hills Romance 3) by Inés Saint

Author:Inés Saint [Saint, Inés]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Bachelor, Single Woman, Spinning Hills, Ohio, Town History, Small Town, Amador Brothers, Community, Hammer & Nails, Renovating Houses, Family Tradition, Quirky, Line Streets, Old-Fashion Town, Settling Down, Houseful Of Love, Fixer-Upper, Masquerade Parties, Captivated, Mistaken Identity, Mystery Woman, Best Friend's, Little Sister, Challenges, Sexy Charmer, Surrender, Dreams
Goodreads: 25430500
Publisher: Lyrical Shine
Published: 2016-01-19T05:00:00+00:00

Marissa made it back to the table, but she didn’t feel like she was fully there. Brian didn’t want to leave, and she had no real reason to drag him out. She looked up a while later, feeling someone’s eyes on her, and she saw Marty heading toward them, his eyes wild, as if he didn’t know what he was doing, which was unusual for her big brother. He slapped his hand on the table and announced, “I’ve decided I’m throwing Brian and Marissa an engagement party, right here, whenever they decide. And you’re all invited.” He waved around expansively before looking over at Marissa and Brian. “Just tell me when.”

Brian’s eyes widened. “Uh, thanks, buddy. But I don’t know.” He looked at Marissa, as if asking for help.

Thankfully, Marty’s table-slap and booming voice had jump-started her brain. “Brian has a lot of work the next six weeks. He’s transitioning his old clients to their new PR manager, and getting acquainted with his new clients down in Cincinnati.”

“Then in six weeks it is. Do any of you have a calendar on you?” He looked at Sam and Dan pointedly then, and Marissa knew what he was doing. He was on to Johnny, and he was sending a message. Even Marty knew she and his best friend spelled disaster. “How about you, Cassie? You always have one on you.”

Cassie was Sam’s girlfriend and Marissa remembered her well. She was four years older, and she’d only come around weekends and summers when they were growing up, but she’d always been kind to Marissa and Marissa had looked up to her because she seemed brave and full of adventure. At that moment, though, what she seemed was at a total loss for words. She silently handed her smartphone over to Marty, who said, “Is Saturday, July thirty-first, good for you two?”

Marissa and Brian dug their own phones out and scrolled. Although everyone else at the table seemed to grasp how strange Marty was acting, Brian seemed oblivious.

“It works for me,” Brian said, but he nudged Marissa under the table. What did he expect her to do? Lie or try to come up with an excuse when so many eyes were on her? And why was he even resisting her brother’s generous offer?

“Um, the national fair I’m hoping to take my class to is that week, and if we make it, we won’t be back until Saturday morning. I’ll be exhausted, and then I’d have to prepare to leave for Ecuador the following week . . .” It was the biggest excuse she could manage.

“July thirty-first at eight p.m. it is, then,” Marty declared. “So you have plenty of time to rest. I know how many troublemakers will be on that trip.”

Was Marty talking about Johnny? Did he think Johnny would be going to the fair, too, if they made it? Marty then turned to the table behind him to ask the people there how they were enjoying their evening.

An awkward silence followed his departure, until Cassie cleared her throat.

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