Resisting Her Rival by Sonya Weiss

Author:Sonya Weiss [Weiss, Sonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 22886609
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
Published: 2014-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The morning of the Fourth of July Festival greeted Abby with a temperature pushing ninety. She let the bedroom curtain fall back into place after reading the outdoor thermometer.

“Granddaddy! Are you ready?” She knocked on Noah’s door and then poked her head into her grandfather’s room. His bed was neatly made with the multicolored quilt her grandmother had carefully hand-stitched. His slippers peeked haphazardly out from under the edge of the bed.

How he’d managed to leave the house without her hearing him was a miracle. The clock by his bed showed the time was already eleven thirty. The celebration started at noon, and she was running late after oversleeping.

She was supposed to pick up Ann and then be at Amelia’s house by eleven. Abby dashed back up the stairs and gathered the clothes she’d laid out when she’d arrived home in the wee hours of the night. She quickly shed the robe and changed into the blue shorts and white halter top she’d selected.

Foregoing earrings, she pinned the sides of her hair back with sparkling flower clips. Deciding the heat would only make a mess of any makeup she might put on, she added just a touch of lip gloss, then made a dash for the kitchen where she loaded her arms down with the desserts she’d made.

No time for coffee. Hopefully, there’d be some ready at the festival, and she could grab a cup.

Easing outside and down the steps, she juggled the load with one hand while she patted her shorts for the keys with the other. She thought she’d stuck them in there last night to keep from having to do her usual search this morning. Ah. Found them.

She wrestled the door open and deposited everything in the rear of the station wagon. Oversleeping wouldn’t have been an issue had she not been out until three in the morning and finally arrived home to collapse into bed at four, but she didn’t regret a moment of it.

When Oscar had called last night asking her what Sue liked to do, Abby had jumped at the chance to improve her get-the-building odds. She’d suggested a boat ride, rented one at the marina, and drove the older couple around under the stars.

Ha. Take that, Nick Coleman.

Spending that time with Oscar and Sue, cruising around the harbor had been a step in the right direction. She’d been able to elaborate on all her plans for the expanding the diner, and Sue had been a vocal proponent of the plan. She’d seen Oscar nodding right along.

Her cell phone rang as she slid behind the wheel. She used her earpiece so she could talk hands free. “Yes, hey. I promise I’m on the way.” She turned the key, praying that the car wouldn’t give her any of its usual stubbornness.

“You’re running late,” Ann said.

“I overslept. Long story. Did you finish the potato salad and coleslaw?”

“I did. Amelia’s supposed to bring the barbecue chicken and the baked beans. I called her to let her know you were running late, and she said there’s no need to stop by.

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