Love's Promise: An Inspirational Romance (Protected By Love Book 2) by T.K. Chapin

Author:T.K. Chapin [Chapin, T.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Branch Publishing
Published: 2017-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 34-Marie

THE TEENAGERS MADE US SPAGHETTI for the dinner, and it was delightful. It came to my attention later in the evening, while we were all eating dessert, that the spaghetti was gluten-free. One of the ladies sitting at my table told me. It was a special recipe of Serenah’s.

As I ate my dessert, I waved Serenah down as she walked by my table.

“Hey, I heard the meal was gluten-free and a recipe of yours . . . Are you gluten-free?”

She sat in a chair beside me. “No, but my Emma is. She has had eczema since birth and last year I found out going gluten-free helps, so we tried it. Within weeks her skin began to clear up and she has been gluten-free ever since.” She shrugged. “I find the gluten-free version of spaghetti better than the normal kind personally.”

Nodding in agreement, I said, “Yes! I was so surprised to hear it was gluten-free. I would’ve never known.”

Another lady at the table chimed in. “Some people swear by it while others see it as a trendy thing these days.”

Serenah said, “It’s not just a trend for some people. There’s something in the wheat that just isn’t right for some people, in my opinion.”

Soon after our conversation, Serenah excused herself and continued visiting with others. It was almost time for the silent auction winners to be announced. As I glanced over to the rows of cakes against the back wall, I saw Winston out of the corner of my eye, and my heart fluttered.

I hurried over to him and leaned in, giving him a hug. “I’m so happy you’re here!”

“Me too.” He glanced over at the cakes. “Did you write your name down on any?”

Wondering why he didn’t immediately tell me how good it was to be back out in the field, I almost asked him how it went, but held back. He’d tell me later if he truly wanted to discuss it. “I wrote my name on a couple. The coconut pie and lemon.”

“Do you even know me?” he asked, a smile sneaking at the corner of his lips.

I laughed, because it was refreshing to see him joking around. I walked over with him to the tables of cakes.

“That one looks good,” he said, pointing to the Oreo cream pie.

“All right.” I put our name and a price down on the paper in front of it.

Pointing again, he said, “That one is a must.” It was a large chocolate fudge cake.

On our way back over to the table where I’d been sitting, I turned to him and beamed. His showing up this way warmed my heart.

“What?” he asked, obviously curious about the way I stared at him like a lovesick teenager.

“Thank you.”

I knew he understood what I meant. Thank you for showing up, thank you for being there, thank you for showing a part of himself that reminded me of the man I had fallen in love with so many years ago and had recently lost. He smiled back at me and we clasped hands and waited for the silent auction winners to be announced.

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