For the Love of Pete by Debby Mayne

Author:Debby Mayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, General
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

As Pete finished unloading Bethany’s car and carrying boxes into the community center, he took a few quick glances at Bethany. She seemed different—more relaxed and with a sense of resolve he hadn’t noticed before. She even looked at him differently.

“Thanks again, Pete,” she said, jolting him from his thoughts. “I better get back home now and let you go back to whatever you were doing before Pamela called. I’m really sorry about the interruption.”

He shook his head. “No, I’m glad she called. I always enjoy helping out wherever I can.”

They stood in the circular drop-off section of the driveway, gazing into each other’s eyes. When he squinted, he thought he might even detect a smidge of attraction, but he suspected that was only wishful thinking on his part.

Bethany tilted her head with a questioning gaze. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

He sucked in a breath and smiled. “The sun’s in my eyes.” He left out the fact that seeing her brightened his day more than the sun ever could. “Since we’re done now, I probably need to get going. Tomorrow comes early in the plumbing business.”

“No, that’s fine. I need to leave too. See you soon.” She didn’t budge, making his heart pound even harder than it was.

“You’ll be at church on Sunday, won’t you?”

She nodded. “Yes, of course, I will. You know I never miss church.”

“Just making sure.” He grinned, and when she smiled back at him, it hit him hard. There was more than just an attraction between them. He was in love with this girl and probably always had been.

He stood in the driveway and watched Bethany as she pulled away and drove toward her house. The sound of footsteps approaching from behind caught his attention, and he spun around in time to see Andy walking toward him.

“Still haven’t told her, have you?” Andy asked.

Pete thought hard but couldn’t imagine what Andy was talking about. “Huh?”

“You know, told her what’s really going on with you.”

“What’s going on with me?”

Andy let out a hearty chuckle. “That you’re head over heels.”

“What makes you say—?”

“It’s obvious, son. Anyone who sees the way you look at her knows you’re hopelessly in love with Bethany, but you don’t know what to do about it.”

This was really weird. If he’d been that obvious to Andy, he wondered how big of a fool he’d made of himself to everyone else in town. “I don’t know about that. Bethany and I have been friends practically all of our lives. I used to hang out with her and Charlie.”

“Yes, but things change.” Andy tipped his head toward Pete and studied him from beneath his heavy eyebrows. “Look at Pamela and me. No one ever would have thought she and I would be a logical match, but we’ve been together for a good while.”

Pete knew about Andy’s first wife’s death and what a deep funk Andy had been in. For a number of years, everyone in town had been afraid of Andy because he was such an angry man after the car wreck.

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