French Fry (The French Twist Series Book 3) by Glynis Astie

Author:Glynis Astie [Astie, Glynis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Tikinou Publishing
Published: 2015-05-12T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

I woke the following Saturday morning with an immense sense of excitement. My parents were in California! Not only did I get to spend time with them for the next few days, today was the day we would celebrate Sam’s first birthday! I was so giddy, I literally bounded out of bed that morning. (Well, as best as a pregnant woman can bound. There may have been a small amount of waddling involved, but I maintain it only added charm to my stride.)

I knew the entirety of the Wilson household would be knackered, Kate and Nick from endless party preparation and my parents from a late night arrival on the heels of a missed connection, so I stopped at Noah’s for bagels. My father was going to complain about the sorry state of West Coast bagels, but eventually he would quiet down, demand his smoked salmon and go on his merry way. Louis was granted a reprieve due to work responsibilities and would be joining us for the party this afternoon.

I rang the doorbell, all the while bouncing on my heels. My little guy liked the motion and was doing his best to punch out a drum beat on my kidneys.

I grinned. “Don’t worry, little man. You’ll get to meet them soon enough.”

Kate opened the door and giggled. “Are you talking to yourself again, Syd?”

I silenced my retort, since a) I do talk to myself quite often and b) nothing was going to put me in a bad mood today. Instead I gave Kate a big hug and handed her a few bags.

She grabbed the warm bag of bagels, opening it and eagerly peeking in. “Oooh! Egg bagels! Thanks for bringing breakfast, Syd.”

I chuckled. “I guess party preparations make you hungry.”

I followed her into the living room and promptly lost my breath. Kate had transformed the space into an animal menagerie of epic proportions. The lower half of the walls had been covered in murals of brightly colored jungle animals, catering beautifully to the point of view of the petite party guests. She had also painted a variety of trees, accenting the effect with fabric vines fitted with exotic flowers. As if this weren’t enough, Kate had hand crafted jungle themed t-shirts for each of the guests to take home, which she had displayed far, far away from the designated food table. My sister had crazy party planning skills!

I took it all in and shook my head in amazement. “How in the world…”

Kate put her arm around me. “You’d be surprised what you can do with a couple of reams of butcher paper, a few paint palettes, stencils, crepe paper, a bolt of fabric, silk flowers and a variety of tasteful stickers.”

I put my arms around her and squeezed her tight. “Why is it I feel so woefully inadequate when I’m around you?” Seriously, she was the smartest, most creative, kindest AND best looking of all the Bennett children. Charlie and I had many impressive qualities as well, but Kate was in a class by herself.

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