Restless in Carolina by Leigh Tamara

Author:Leigh, Tamara [Leigh, Tamara]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, Christian, Contemporary Women, Contemporary, General, Romance, Fiction
ISBN: 9781601423610
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Published: 2011-07-19T07:00:00+00:00

15

Errol trots off with his treat. However, no sooner do I get the lid on the canister than he returns for more. “Oh no, a treat is a treat.”

His ears lower only to perk at the sound of the toilet flushing. Guessing that was Miles and grateful I won’t have to remind him to empty his too-small bladder that has led to “accidents” at Mama’s house, I cross to the back door and pull it open. “Come on, Errol, I don’t want any accidents from you either.”

He goes reluctantly, and as he lumbers across the backyard, I close the door. When his business is finished, he’ll let me know.

Birdie sighs heavily as I exit the kitchen, nearly masking the second flushing of the toilet. Miles again? Surely not. The last time he was here, he flushed three times during one trip to the bathroom. Under close questioning, he admitted he likes to watch the water “tornado.” Thus, I instructed him on environmentally responsible toilet etiquette of one flush maximum per use. It sounds like the lesson didn’t stick.

As I head down the hallway, my nephew flings open the bathroom door. When he sees me, he puts on the brakes. “Just two times, Aunt Bridge. Not three.”

“That’s an improvement, but—” I glance down the hallway to the light that pours from the guest room, where J.C. is waiting for Miles. Now is not the time to reinforce the lesson.

“I had to. I did a two! And I wasn’t done. Mama says when that happens, you have to give a courtesy flush so you don’t stink up the bathroom for the next person. It’s rude if you don’t, ’cause then they can’t breathe.”

I feel suddenly as warm as a sun-baked tomato. There is a man in my house who is surely amused by what he’s hearing. “Okay. So why don’t you go climb into bed and Mr. Dirk can tell you that story?”

My nephew frowns, doubtless surprised by my easy acceptance of his double flushing, then runs to the guest room. I follow, passing the bedroom I shared with Easton, where I am going to sleep tonight. Well, maybe. The sofa isn’t all that uncomfortable, and when in doubt—

“Birdie can’t sleep in here,” Miles says as I enter the guest room.

I look from where he’s settling in the middle of the bed, pillows piled behind him and Reggie making herself comfortable alongside his hip, to J.C., who sits in a chair pulled up to the bed, elbows on knees and hands clasped. The latter is grinning, no doubt a result of the toilet-flushing lesson.

Don’t you dare get embarrassed over a conservation issue. I return my gaze to my nephew. “Of course Birdie can sleep in here. The bed’s big enough—”

“She’s a girl!”

I hesitate. The twins have separate rooms at home and at Mama’s house, but their parents and mine have the luxury of more bedrooms than they need. My house is a modest two bedroom. If Birdie doesn’t sleep in here, she’ll have to—

“You’re a girl too,” Miles says.

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