Riley's Reverend by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2019-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

Six

Riley left work at top speed on Thursday. She had hoped Blake would be at the taco truck at lunch time, but he hadn’t made an appearance. Her family had probably scared him off, because they were slightly insane.

When she got home, she ran in the door and changed out of her jeans and t-shirt, pulling the dress she’d laid out for the night over her head. Hurrying into the bathroom, she put her hair up into a messy knot and touched up her lipstick.

The doorbell rang just as she finished. Hurrying to the door, she smiled. “Why, Pastor Blake! What are you doing here?”

He laughed, catching her hand and pulling her toward his car. “Let’s get on the road.”

“Happily!” She was excited to go with him, though she had no idea where they were going. “Where are we eating?”

“There’s supposed to be a good Chinese place in Riston. I thought we’d go there.”

“Sounds good. There’s also a restaurant at River’s End Ranch. They do trivia on Thursday nights, and it’s a ton of fun. I can’t remember what time it starts, so we might be a little late, but there are always tables to join if they have started without us.”

He thought for a moment. “That actually sounds like a lot of fun. Would you mind doing that?”

“I’d love it! I really think the best way to get to know someone is not to spend time alone with them but to spend time with other people. They can change their actions for you, but they’re not likely to change them for a whole group of people. You tend to see through the façade.”

He smiled. “That’s exactly why I decided to go to your family’s Memorial Day celebration. I wanted to watch you with your cousins and siblings.”

“Oh, there will be tons of cousins and siblings to watch me with.” Riley was glad they were going to trivia night, though. She thought it would be good for both of them.

She gave him directions to the restaurant and had to laugh when people looked up from their trivia questions and greeted her when she walked in. It looked like the entire Weston clan was there, and she hurried over to hug Kelsi, who she’d made friends with years before. “Where are the babies?”

“Mom’s in town, so we left them with her. All three of them. I needed a break, and Shane thought this was the best idea ever. So here we are at trivia night.”

“Do you love trivia night?” Riley asked. “If I lived closer, I’d be here every Thursday.”

“Oh, yeah,” Kelsi said. “I wish I could come more myself, but with three children under the age of three, it’s hard to accomplish much.”

Riley realized then she was ignoring Blake. “This is Blake. He’s the new pastor in Quinn Valley. Blake, this is my friend Kelsi. We went to high school together, and we’ve been friends ever since.”

Kelsi turned her smile and big blue eyes on Blake. “So nice to meet you, Pastor.

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