Home for Her Family (9781460341186) by Carmichael Virginia

Author:Carmichael, Virginia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Sales Corp
Published: 2014-08-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Lana waved from behind the desk. “Sabrina’s already here. The girl is making you look bad.”

Jack grinned. He was usually the one to help Gavin set up and now he was sliding in at the last minute. “That’s nothing new, Lana. I’m getting used to it.”

She raised her eyebrows at him and he kept on going. It was true—Sabrina made him look like a slacker, even though she didn’t mean to. She made him want to be a better person and he couldn’t fault her for that.

The gym was crowded with kids already. Gavin stood in the middle of the room, giving a talk to four little boys. Jack fought a smile. He recognized those kids. They had energy to burn and unfortunately that included never stopping to learn the rules.

Sabrina was helping a line of kids into colored mesh jerseys. She glanced up and froze, hands holding out a shirt for a blond-haired girl. Sabrina looked the same as always—ponytail, shorts, running shoes—but he couldn’t tear his gaze away. She smiled and looked back to the little girl who stood patiently, arms up, waiting for Sabrina to put her jersey on. Jack was only feet away now and he saw the blush that crept into Sabrina’s cheeks.

A flare of happiness went through him at the sight. A woman didn’t blush for no reason.

“Glad you finally decided to join us,” Gavin said as the boys scattered into the main area of the gym.

“Sorry. I had a meeting then had to run home to change. Plus, you have help now. I knew you wouldn’t have to pull Jose in here to assist.”

Gavin fell into step beside him as they headed for the end of the gym. “You’re right, I do have help, and that’s why I thought you’d be here early.” He wiggled his eyebrows.

Jack shot him a look. “That’s not happening.” He didn’t bother to say Gavin was absolutely correct in thinking Jack wanted to be here every moment that Sabrina was.

“Why not?” Gavin glanced back at Sabrina. “If Evie and I can make our way through our issues, then you guys should have no problem.”

He nodded. Gavin and Evie had an incredibly complicated history, involving family secrets, newspapers, media and two people who had learned to forgive and forget. “Maybe it’s easier to get around problems in the past than problems in the present.”

“You mean because she’s poor?” Gavin crossed his arms over his chest. The look on his face almost made Jack laugh. Almost. He didn’t like what his best friend was implying.

“Let me say it this way...” He paused, thinking hard. “I have less of a problem with her being poor than she has with me being rich.” At least he hoped that was the issue. Maybe she thought he was a lazy, spoiled guy who spent his days snowboarding instead of working.

To his surprise, Gavin nodded. “I can see that. She’s proud. She won’t take any help unless she’s desperate. And I admire her for that.

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