Love's Prayer (The First Street Church Romances Book 1) by Storm Melissa

Author:Storm, Melissa [Storm, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Partridge & Pear Press
Published: 2016-09-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The crowd shuffled into Mabel’s diner, half of its off-shift employees in tow.

“Table for twenty-seven,” Jeffrey called toward the back kitchen, then took it upon himself to start pushing tables together in the center of the dining room floor.

“I know that was a near tragedy and all,” he said to Ben, plopping into the chair beside him, “but it was also the most fun I’ve had in weeks.”

Ben laughed and gave Jeffrey the thumbs up while scanning the group for Summer. The chair to his right was still open, and he wanted to make sure she got it. When at last he spied her standing and chatting with Maisie and the other women, he waved her over.

But, unfortunately, Sally thought he was waving at her. She rushed right over, sat down gingerly beside Ben, then crossed her legs at the knee.

“I’m not sure I’ve ever seen you outside the library,” she said without preamble.

“I have,” Jeff said, leaning forward to talk to Sally through Jeff. “Just the other day I saw him at the church concert. We missed you there by the way, Sally.”

Sally tilted her head to the side like an inquisitive husky puppy. “Did you now?” She broke out into a large, self-assured smile. “Well, I might have gone had I known Ben would be there.”

“Yup, yup, he was.” Jeffrey bobbed his head as he spoke. “You came with your mom and with Summer, right?”

“With Summer?” Sally asked, whipping her head back with a snort.

Ben and Jeffrey both stopped talking and stared at Sally who seemed to be working something out inside her head.

“I remember now,” she said with a triumphant look. “I saw you two talking in the library the other day. Are…? Are you two an item?”

Ben’s face felt like it was on fire. He glanced around again for Summer, hoping that just looking at her would give him the right answer. Because honestly he didn’t know whether they were an item or an almost-item. They’d certainly become more than friends, but until he knew how to define their relationship, it didn’t feel right to label it for others.

He found Summer sitting with Kristina Rose clear at the other end of the table. Their eyes met and she winked at him.

He grinned back at her, which apparently was more than enough to answer Sally’s question.

“Oh, I see,” she said, accepting a glass of water from Mabel herself who had come over to wait on the large group.

“Of course you bring in all this business on your day off, Jeff,” the old woman joked, then filled his glass too.

“We’re celebrating, Mabel. Join us!”

Mabel clicked her tongue. “And if I do that who will wait on you? Next time, my friends, next time.”

Mabel scuttled back toward the kitchen, and Sally excused herself to go to the restroom.

This was his chance! If he invited Summer to take Sally’s seat for herself, would that be rude? Would it matter? It had started to feel as if Sally needed a strong, clear signal that he was interested in someone else.

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