My Foolish Heart by Susan May Warren

Author:Susan May Warren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
ISBN: 9781414360492
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2011-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

12

Did a guy buy a gal who loved to garden . . . flowers? Caleb stood before the rack of potted flowers in the Red Rooster Grocery Store and tried to decide if Issy might like an iris or—he checked the tag on the other pot—chrysanthemums.

What if he brought her something cut? Like the bouquet of pink and white flowers? Or maybe nothing at all? He didn’t want to spook her.

But Issy had fueled all sorts of happy, crazy thoughts with the look she gave him over her shoulder as she walked into the house. As if he’d done something right.

Finally.

A part of him couldn’t wait to tell Miss Foolish Heart. Only, perhaps he’d wait until after the date.

He reached for the iris.

Down the aisle, he heard the tumble of cans. He glanced over, spied the stock boy in a white apron struggling with a box.

Caleb left the flowers and limped over to grab the edge of the failing box and hoist it onto the dolly. “Hate it when those things get away from me.” He grinned at the stock boy.

Jared Ryan.

Ryan narrowed his eyes at him, then chased after the scattering cans.

Caleb held the box while the kid tossed them into the container. He predicted a special on dented cans of corn in the store’s future. “Go easy there—”

“Don’t coach me in my job.” Ryan dumped the remaining cans into the box. Grabbing the box with one hand, he started to wheel away.

“You’re welcome.”

Ryan stopped. Turned, his eyes cold. “I don’t even know why you’re here, man. What good are you? All we’re doing is learning the stuff we learned in fourth grade. We’re never going to win with those plays. The draw, the sweep, a reverse—every defense in the state knows those. What we need is something magic, like the stuff the Huskies used to run. Like what Coach Brewster is teaching his team. We’re going to lose and we’re going to look stupid. We need to outplay those guys or they’re going to run over us.”

Caleb schooled his voice. “You win with fundamentals. I’d be happy if you boys could even manage the basics. You’re so messed up from two years of bad coaching—”

“You’re the bad coach. And I don’t want to play for you. I’ll go play for Brewster.”

“Sorry, son, but you can’t do that. Brewster’s not going to let you play for him.”

“He will if he wants to win.”

Oh, boy. Caleb hated to think that he might have been this arrogant back in the day. “I thought the flashy plays were what’ll make us win.”

Ryan glared at him. “If I can’t play for Brewster, then forget it. I’ll save my energy for hoops. I was an all-conference forward last year. And I ran hurdles in state.”

“Perfect. We’ll miss you. But don’t think that when I’m Huskies head coach, I’m letting you on my team.”

“You won’t get the job.”

A can of corn escaped and clattered to the floor. Caleb bent over and picked it up. He didn’t care about the pain that burned through him.

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