Second Chance - 02 - When Dreams Cross by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock [Blackstock, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2009-06-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I want you to come to a party tonight.” Laney sat across from Andi’s desk, her hand resting on her pregnant belly.

“What party?” Andi asked.

“I’m giving it, and it’s a last-minute thing, so I need everyone I can get to come. I have this secret fear, you know, of giving a party and having no one show up, so you’ll come, won’t you?”

Andi was secretly relieved that she wouldn’t have to spend the evening alone. “I’ll come, but why are you giving it at the last minute? Is there some special occasion?”

“Yes,” she said. “It’s an engagement party for Wes’s sister Sherry and Clint Jessup. You’ve met Sherry, haven’t you?”

“A couple of times.”

“Well, they’re crazy in love and have been seeing each other for a pretty long time now, and they just got engaged. She’s ecstatic. We all are. And I really wanted to do something special for them, but I’m scared to death the baby will come and put me out of commission for a few weeks. Since the date isn’t that far off, and neither is the baby, I thought I’d better go ahead and do it.”

“Can I help?” Andi asked.

“No. I couldn’t ask you. You’re too busy.”

“Really,” Andi said. “I’d love to.” It was the truth, for she couldn’t remember the last time she’d had any real female companionship. She had always told herself that she was a goal-setter, and goal-setters didn’t have time to spend on friendships. Now, with her father gone and her mother in Europe, she realized that she had been wrong. As both Wes and Justin had pointed out to her, she needed friends. And she needed to be needed.

“Well, okay. If you can be there around five, you can help. I’m inviting about twenty people. It should be fun. Very informal, though.”

“I’ll be there,” Andi said.

Andi was grateful for the distraction that night, and found that the fellowship among Wes and his family and friends was something she had not experienced since college. It had been too long. She didn’t know why she had let that part of her life fade into nonexistence.

Sherry was floating with the joy of her new engagement, and brandished her ring to everyone who came in the door. Clint seemed just as happy. As Andi watched them, she found herself wishing with every fiber of her being that she could experience the same joy and permanency.

So why did you treat him so badly the last time you spoke? Why did you let your pride dictate your behavior?

She had been hurt, but that was no reason to turn on him like she had. He had been nothing but kind to her after her father died. He didn’t deserve her treatment of him, even if he’d only acted out of a sense of obligation.

Laney sensed her melancholy in the midst of the laughter around them, and asked, “Is everything okay, Andi?”

“Yeah, sure. It’s fine.”

“Missing Justin?”

She breathed a disbelieving laugh. “Hardly.”

“But I thought you two were …”

“We’re not.”

There she went again, she thought, kicking herself.

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