Sea Glass Cottage by Vickie McKeehan

Author:Vickie McKeehan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9780692330340
Publisher: Beachdevils Press
Published: 2014-12-07T23:00:00+00:00

“I need help finding tables for the restaurant,” Thane mentioned over the Swiss steak dinner he’d thrown together with a side of rice. “Ryder says there’s a place south of town before the cutoff to San Sebastian. Will you go with me this weekend to check it out?”

Isabella smiled. “Sure. But you should know ahead of time that I have this thing for sturdy, solid wood tables, like country French.”

He made a face. “Is that the ornate stuff with the curvy legs?”

“Cabriolet. That’s what they’re called. And no, I’m not talking about French provincial. What I like is the farmhouse look, a table with a trestle and an attractive skirt. A lot of the time the design includes tables with drawers and clever knobs.”

“Are we still talking about tables?”

She rolled her eyes. “I am. I’m not sure what you’re imagining.”

“Why not just use surfboards for tables?” Jonah asked his mouth full of rice. “You can eat off one. I’ve seen surfers at the beach eating their lunch on top of their boards.”

Izzy looked over at the boy and contemplated his visionary use of fiberglass, considered how they could make it work. “Wow, that’s not a bad idea at all. You know that side wall you have, the one with no windows. What if you took a longboard and used it like a counter, affixed it to the wall? You could put bar stools underneath and you’d easily get four more seats.”

Thane’s lips curved up. “I’m surrounded by geniuses. I bow to the superior decorator’s intellect.”

Izzy held up her hand to Jonah for a high five. “We rock our superior decorator intellect, don’t we?”

“Yeah, we rock!” Jonah said tapping her palm in reply. “I want to eat my pizza at the surfboard counter.”

Thane picked up his glass of cabernet. “I’ll have to ask Troy if it’s doable. If it is, I like the idea of continuing the surfing theme on that bare wall, not to mention the novelty of it.”

They went over the details while scrubbing pots and pans and loading the dishwasher. They got down to basic accessory ideas, like fixtures and paint,. While they worked and talked, Jonah played outside with Jax and Jazz until it got too dark to see. He came in sweaty and smelling like puppies.

One whiff and Thane said, “You need a bath. Bad.”

“I want Izzy to read me a story.”

“Afterward. You can’t go to bed smelling like that.”

Getting Jonah in the bathtub and then getting him in pajamas was Thane’s job. Hers was to read the boy a bedtime story and tuck him in, kiss him goodnight while Thane called Troy to discuss the feasibility of the counter idea. So she delved into the world where fairies and pixies made their home in a magical woodland that reached all the way to the clouds. Jonah fell asleep before she got to the “happy ever after” part. Leaning over him, she placed a kiss on his brow, pulled up the covers and went in search of Thane.

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