The Boyfriend Material Novellas by Blakely Lauren

Author:Blakely, Lauren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lauren Blakely Books
Published: 2019-11-11T00:00:00+00:00

13

QUINN

It’s official. I’m going to burst.

I point accusingly at my sister. “Why did you let me do this?”

Josh chimes in. “You do this every year.”

“It’s because Mom makes the best stuffing. And mashed potatoes. And green bean casserole.”

Mom raises her hand, owning it. “I do. It’s all true. And your father is a champion turkey carver.”

“I’m the best, and none of you kids can resist my birds,” he says.

Kids. I look around at my thirty-six-year-old brother and his fiancée. At my older sister, Tabitha, who flew home from Paris for the holiday, and at Amy.

I adore them all madly, and I’m so glad they’re here. We’re hardly children anymore, but I love that my dad still calls us “kids.” I love that I can see them often like this, as a family.

Except for Tabitha. “Tab, when are you going to move back here? We miss you.”

She waves a hand airily. “Someday. I miss you all too.”

“We demand to see more of you,” Amy says, banging a fist on the table. “I see this stinker almost every week.” She points at me.

“I second that demand,” I say with a laugh, then I toss my napkin on the table. “After all, don’t you miss Amy’s baked goods? She brought me peanut butter cookies earlier this week, and they were divine.”

“Speaking of my divine baking,” Amy says, shooting me a stern stare, “you better have saved room for my world-famous walnut pie.”

“As if I didn’t,” I say.

Tabitha pats her belly. “My dessert compartment is open for business.”

As Amy serves the slices of pie, a wave of contentment washes over me. I’m happy here. Delightfully so.

The only thing that would make this better would be if Vaughn were here too.

And because there’s no reason to hold back, I tell him that night via text.

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