Somebody Like You: A Small Town Single Mom Romance (The Heartbreak Brothers Book 4) by Carrie Elks

Author:Carrie Elks [Elks, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

“So how was school?” Mia asked, as they ate dinner at the kitchen table that night. It was a rare evening when Sam wasn’t expected at the bar until later, so he’d sat down to join them, shoveling the spaghetti Bolognese into his mouth with gusto.

“Fine.” Michael twirled his spaghetti around his fork. She could remember teaching him how to do it at their favorite Italian restaurant in Kansas City. Niall had laughed at them, telling Michael he should just cut the damn noodles like everybody else did.

Josh, on the other hand, was hacking at his pasta with his knife, then using his fork to shovel it into his mouth.

She had some work to do with him.

“I have a project to do,” Josh announced, a piece of pasta flying out of his overstuffed mouth.

“Try not to speak with your mouth full, honey,” Mia reminded him. When he’d swallowed the food and had taken a sip of water, she asked him, “What kind of project?”

“Science. We have to make a life size human, then add in all his organs and bones and stuff. We’re getting the supplies this week and it’s due next Friday.” He grinned, and loaded more spaghetti on his fork, lifting it to his mouth. Then, remembering he wasn’t supposed to eat and speak at the same time, he dropped the fork to his plate. “We get to draw all the blood and guts and stuff. And then we have to present it to the class.”

Mia pressed her lips together. If there was one thing she didn’t need right now, it was a school project. She was already working hours each night on her proposals, plus they had football and church on the weekends, not including the work they were doing together on Sam’s house. Over the next few weeks they were going to paint the hallway.

“Maybe you should miss pee wee practice this week,” Mia suggested. “So we can get a headstart on the project.”

“No!” Josh frowned. “I really want to go to football. Noah says I can stay over again. Can’t we do it on Sunday?”

Mia sighed. “I don’t think we can complete it in one day.”

“I’ll work on it every night next week,” Josh promised. “Please, Mom.” He looked over at his brother. “Michael will help, won’t you? If Mom’s busy with her own work?”

Michael twirled another forkful of spaghetti. “You don’t need my help. You’re big enough to do it on your own.”

Mia caught her eldest’s eye. “It would really help me if you could work with Josh,” she told him. “I have a presentation next Friday I need to prepare for.”

Michael rolled his eyes. “What about my assignments?”

“You told me you had hardly any homework,” Mia pointed out.

“Okay, I’ll help him. But he has to listen and do as he’s told.”

“I will.” Josh’s face lit up. “I promise.”

Mia gave them a gentle smile. “Thank you,” she said softly. “That will help a lot.”

“You eating the rest of that?” Sam asked, pointing at Mia’s plate.

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