Special Mission by Debby Mayne

Author:Debby Mayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-08-29T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

“You what?” Brian couldn’t keep his voice down. Had Kimberly lost her mind?

“Calm down, Brian.”

“How can I calm down with you trying to play matchmaker?”

He heard her quick intake of breath over the phone line, letting him know she was startled by his reaction. “I’m not being a matchmaker. I just want you to meet this girl. She’s very nice.”

Brian forced himself to lower his tone. “I’m sure she’s a very nice girl. Probably the nicest in all of Charleston.”

“Just do me a favor and meet her. I’m not asking you to marry her.”

“No, but that’s probably next on your list of things to do.”

“Look, all we’ll do is get together for pizza or something—”

“What, you, this girl, and me?”

“I was thinking the singles group from church.”

Brian snickered then dropped his voice to a growl. “So you want to involve everyone we know? That’s not gonna happen.”

“How about lunch sometime? That way, you’ll have a set amount of time and a good excuse to leave.”

“Just the three of us?”

“Yep. You, Michelle, and me.”

“Fine. We’ll get together for lunch.” He figured he might as well give in, or she’d bug him until he did.

“How about Thursday, eleven thirty, at Blossom’s?”

Brian laughed. “You little schemer. You had this whole thing set up, with every last detail already planned, didn’t you?”

“Well. . .” Kim cleared her throat. “You’ll really like her, Brian.”

“So you said. Okay, but if this is as big of a disaster as I think it might be, you have to promise never to do this kind of thing again.”

Silence fell between them.

“Kim, did you hear what I just said?”

“I’m thinking.”

“Promise you won’t try to fix me up after I meet Michelle.”

“Oh, Brian, I can’t make that kind of promise.”

“That’s what I thought.” He decided to change the subject. “So have you thought about what to wear to my party?”

“Your fancy-schmancy, hoity-toity party where everyone has to dress up and eat pretentious food?”

“That’s the one.”

“I bought a black dress I didn’t need when David’s mother and I went shopping, so I’ll probably wear that, just to get my money’s worth.”

“Excellent,” Brian said.

“I don’t know why you sound so down about it when you’re the one who came up with this harebrained idea to be something you’re not.”

“I know,” he said. “It was probably a huge mistake.”

“So now you’re going for drama? Brian, you’re such a goofball. Anyway, we’ll see you on Thursday at Blossom’s. Why don’t you wear that light blue dress shirt instead of a stark white one?”

“Okay, I’ll wear whatever you want me to,” Brian agreed. “I’ve already learned there’s no point in arguing with you.”

“Smart boy.”

After they got off the phone, Brian hung his head and closed his eyes. Lord, get me through lunch on Thursday and the party for David, and keep me from making a fool of myself either time.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Brian opened his eyes just as Jack sat down in the chair across from his desk. “You have great timing.”

Jack made a face. “Seems like there’s never a good time for you anymore.

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