How to Not Fall for the Guy Next Door by Meg Easton

Author:Meg Easton [Easton, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountain Heights Publishing
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

13

Ian

The kids in the back seat of the vehicle stayed to whispers the whole ride home. That part was nice. It was the giggling that worried Ian. He actually loved when his nieces and nephews giggled about some secret plans they had. He had a feeling they weren’t giggling because they drew a smiley face in the inside bottom of his plastic cup of punch at a family party, and before long he’d notice it. Or because they hid their plastic insect toys like Easter eggs throughout the house.

Addi pulled into the circular drive in front of the inn. Unfortunately, her car—that Bex was driving—wasn’t parked in the lot. As all the kids unbuckled their seat belts and got out, Addi turned to him. “Thank you again for helping. Is there anything in your shop I can do that will help you make up the lost time? I could come over as soon as Bex gets here.”

He glanced out his window. Instead of the kids running off in all directions and having to be herded back into the house like he had expected, they were all in a cluster at the back of the vehicle. “I don’t think you better say goodbye to me yet. We might want to hold off on all plans until Bex is here.”

She must’ve caught some concern either in his voice or his expression, because she looked back at the pack of kids at the back of the vehicle, worry and wariness all over her face. When they got out of the SUV and went around to the kids, they were lined up with their backs against the vehicle, hands behind them, grinning like they had never been more proud of themselves.

“Look what we brought back with us,” Beth said, and all four of the kids motioned like they were Vanna White at a boy standing in the middle of their group. He was one of the kids who had been gathered with them under the platform by the slides at the park.

Addi’s gasp was audible, and her hands flew to her mouth.

“His name is Jaxon,” Drew said. “We made friends and he wanted to come over and play.”

“So we planned everything,” Chelle said, throwing her arms wide. “Aren’t we the best at planning? You guys didn’t even know we did it!”

“And we even got the timing perfect,” Ash said, puffing his chest out. “Drew and Chelle took off running so you’d chase them, which gave us all the time we needed to get Jaxon hidden under the blanket in the back.”

“And I stayed quiet the whole time!” Jaxon said.

These kids were young, and they pulled it off like pros. They probably had a bright future ahead of them in acting, as strategists, or as bank robbers.

Addi started pacing in a small circle. “Oh my goodness. I just kidnapped a kid. His mom is probably running around frantic, searching for him, and the police are going to come and they’re going to arrest me and I’m going to jail for kidnapping.

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