Sweet Sugared Love by Pamela Griffin

Author:Pamela Griffin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2012-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Eight

Mindy opened the door to Jared’s knock.

“Hi, Jared. Mom’s not home yet. She called and said she’s running late, and to just come in and make yourself at home.”

“Thanks.” He smiled at the girl as he stepped inside. “Have you been practicing your lines for the program?”

“Yeah, but I gotta get back to my homework now before we go to your aunts’ to be babysat. Mom said I have to finish before then.”

Before he could say another word, Mindy ran to her room. Her door slammed, and Jared exhaled a long breath, looking around the empty den. Since their second trip to see the moose a month and a half before, Jared had taken Sharon and the kids out twice, to the movies and to eat at a kid-oriented restaurant. Tonight was the first night he would be with Sharon alone. Not a date, he reminded himself. You couldn’t call Christmas shopping a date, and Sharon had shown no interest in crossing the sole-friendship sector. No matter, tonight would be the first occasion he and Sharon would spend time with one another, without the children, without his aunts, just the two of them alone. He wondered why he should feel so nervous.

Jared shed his jacket on the ottoman and walked into the kitchen as he’d done three Saturdays ago when he’d asked for a glass of water. Whenever he came here, he’d asked for water, due in part to the dry mouth he got each time he saw Sharon, who seemed more beautiful every time he saw her. Sharon had been busy the last time and had told him to help himself. He didn’t think she’d mind him repeating the act, since she’d conveyed through Mindy the message to make himself at home.

He pulled a glass from the cupboard and turned on the faucet. A stream of ice-cold water hit him full in the face. Dropping the glass in the sink, he brought his hands up to shield himself from the watery assault. With one hand he groped for the faucet lever and turned the tap off. He grabbed the hand towel from where it hung and wiped water from his eyes.

A quick study of the sprayer showed duct tape held down the lever and a clamp that looked like it came from a children’s toy set had been rigged into position straight towards Jared’s face.

Andy’s snicker heralded his entrance into the kitchen. “Did you have an accident, Mr. Crisp?”

Before Jared could answer, he heard Kitty squeal in glee and her running footsteps from down the hall. “Jared’s here!” She turned the corner into the kitchen and stopped in her tracks, her eyes going wide.

With his hair dripping into his wet face and his blue shirt plastered to his shoulders, he knew he must look a sight.

The sound of the front door opening and closing made them all turn toward the doorway. Within moments, Sharon entered. Her mouth dropped open.

“Jared! What happened?”

Jared glanced at Andy, saw the bitter challenge in his eyes, and resumed toweling dry.

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