Perfectly Moosematched by Jacqueline Winters

Author:Jacqueline Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jackie M. Wallick

Chapter Nine

SADIE

Sadie checked the PowerPoint for the fifth time since they locked the doors of Evans’ Outfitters. She combed over the details of each slide, worried she’d left out something crucial. Everything had to be perfect. But her sweating palms and nervously bouncing knee suggested it was going to be a disaster.

“You brought Bonita’s blueberry scones,” Haylee said as she entered the open office area housed in the back of the store and helped herself to a pastry. “You must be pretty serious about this plan of yours.”

“I am.” Sadie looked around her sister at the doorway.

“He’s coming,” Haylee said about their oldest brother.

“I’ll believe it when I see it.”

As Laurel joined them, immediately distracted by the scones, Haylee’s phone rang. “It’s Cody.”

Last minute, Sadie asked Cody to call Haylee’s phone instead of hers. If Conner sent her a text during her presentation and Marc saw the name on her screen, he’d lose his mind. And she’d die from a variety of emotions, one of which was guaranteed to be humiliation. Not because Conner thought enough of her to talk to her outside of family dinners and the clinic. Oh, no. Marc would surely make some grandiose declaration about how she was manipulating his best friend and therefore be a terrible person.

No one knew they were on a texting level. No one needed to know.

“Hi, Cody!” Sadie said with a wave once Haylee switched to FaceTime and propped him on a table against a stack of unopened boxes of fishing tackle. She missed her brother’s surfer boy face this week more than most when he was traveling. But she hoped he’d be proud of how well she was handling herself, especially around Marc. “How’s the book tour going?” She asked both because she genuinely liked Jenna and wanted the best for her, but also because she really wanted this meeting to stay between the five of them.

“Great! She keeps selling out everywhere we go. Right now, she’s grabbing coffee with the librarians she met earlier today. Guess they have a list of ideas the kids have been begging for Jenna to put in her books and wanted to share them.”

“That’s great.”

“Everyone there?” His question implied the obvious.

“Yes,” Marc answered with a scowl as he trudged through the door. He looked exhausted from the long day. One that got longer when Conner had to leave early for his shift at the shelter. Marc had the more difficult patients today. Sadie tried to help, but her attempts of all varieties were shot down left and right. Which likely set the tone for tonight.

No matter. She could handle Marc’s grumpiness.

“Okay, we can get started,” Sadie announced, standing and positioning the laptop so everyone could see the presentation.

“There’s scones,” Haylee said to Marc, pointing at the table.

Marc ignored them and plopped in an old rolling chair. The dust from years of living in the back of the store erupted around him but he didn’t seem to notice as he folded his arms and looked at her as though she was wasting his time.

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