Going Home (Green Bayou Book 1) by Rhonda Dennis

Author:Rhonda Dennis [Dennis, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Green Bayou
Amazon: B018R0IHDQ
Published: 2015-11-29T06:00:00+00:00

8

Christmas is right around the corner, and I’m overjoyed that things are going even better with Pete than I imagined. As for Jacob and me, we have our work routine, and we stick to it. He’s kept his promise and hasn’t made any moves or passes since that night I’d fallen ill. Actually, he does an incredible job of pretending the incident in the bedroom never happened, and we are back to wagering cheesy bets and having movie nights.

He and Pete have moved past their issues, so much so that we occasionally double-date from time to time. I want to give him a good, hard smack to the face when he brings Roberta, the nitwit from the gas station, to dinner one night. I do my best to bite my tongue during one of the most uncomfortable nights of my life, and it’s all for Jacob’s sake. Then I’m beyond furious to find out Pete put him up to it as a joke! Being subjected to that few hours of Roberta’s baby talk and eye-batting demands payback, and I make sure Jacob knows it! He’s genuinely amused; I’m not.

My parents call to say they’ll be spending Christmas at Greenleaf, and I couldn’t be more thrilled, except for a couple of things. First, I have pretty much taken over the house, but they seem fine with that. Dad says as long as he has a place to sleep, he couldn’t care less where it is. The second issue is Pete. I’m not so eager to share the news that I have a roommate, but they take it far better than I expect and seem genuinely excited that Pete and I reconnected. Before ending the call, Mom tells me to give Pete her love. She always thought he was “the one” for me, so she’s elated and not really doing much to hide it.

I arrange with Grant to have the week off to spend time with my parents, and I use some of it decorating the house just like Mom would, right down to the huge tree in the parlor and the greenery twined through the stairway banisters.

Surveying my work to make sure it’s up to par, I bolt through the door when I hear a car pull into the circular drive.

“Mom! Dad!” I practically tackle my father.

“Hey there, sweetheart! Gosh, I’ve missed you,” my dad says, bear hugging me.

“I missed you, too,” I say, reaching over to hug my mom.

“Help me with this stuff, Doodlebug,” Dad requests. I stand with my hands on my hips. He pretends not to notice and starts unloading bag after bag of gifts from the car.

“Dad, you’ve been warned about calling me that! Wait. How in the heck did you get all of that on the plane?” Dad smiles and keeps piling bags into my arms.

“I convinced your dad to let me do a little shopping in New Orleans before we came to Green Bayou,” Mom explains.

“My goodness! Did you leave anything in New Orleans for the other shoppers, Mom?”

“Oh, you’re always exaggerating, Emily,” she says, moving closer.

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