The Gathering Place by Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

Author:Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

“SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK?” LUKE ASKED, AS THEY LEFT THE MOVIE theater. “Did you guess the stepbrother was the one?”

“I thought he could be,” Sara said. “They kept hinting it was the old woman, but I knew that was just a red herring.”

“Really, how did you know?”

She shrugged. “I just had a feeling.”

They walked along without saying anything for a few minutes.

“I’m sorry you didn’t like the movie,” Luke said.

“I didn’t say I didn’t like it,” Sara replied. She heard her voice sounding grouchier than she had intended. It was late and she felt tired. She didn’t mean to be cross with him. “It was okay. I guess I expected something different from the review.”

“Yeah, me, too. It wasn’t as good as they said.”

He glanced at her but didn’t say anything more. They came to Luke’s 4Runner, and he opened her door. They had planned to go down to the Beanery after the movie for a bite to eat. Sara felt so tired, she wished she could just go home and crawl into bed. She had been sick since Sunday with a bad cold and finally returned to work today. At the moment, all she really wanted was a good night’s sleep.

But she didn’t want to disappoint Luke. He seemed distant somehow tonight. She wasn’t sure why. Maybe he was tired, too, she thought.

Luke parked in front of the café, and they went inside.

“Hey, Sara!” someone called out to her. She turned and saw Wyatt sitting with Lindsay at a table in the back. She waved back to him and then noticed Luke watching her.

“That’s Wyatt’s sister, Lindsay.”

Luke glanced over at Wyatt and Lindsay, then touched Sara’s shoulder. “I think the waitress is ready to show us to a table,” he said, steering her in the opposite direction.

When they were seated, Luke picked up a menu. “I’m starved. How about you?”

“I’m all right. I ate too much popcorn,” Sara said.

“Is your cold bothering you? You sound a little tired.”

“I guess I am a little,” she admitted. “I’m okay.”

She didn’t want to complain and ruin their date. Luke had been concerned about her on Sunday, when she had to cancel. He even offered to bring over chicken soup and orange juice and anything she needed from the drugstore. But Emily had already dropped by with supplies. Somehow she had guessed Sara was getting sick the day before, though Sara was sure she never mentioned it.

Luke closed the menu and put it down beside his plate. “We don’t have to stay, if you don’t feel well. I can take you home. It’s okay.”

Sara was surprised by his offer and tempted to take him up on it. Still there was a subtle tension in his voice that made her nervous.

“I’m fine. Really,” she assured him.

“Okay . . . so what else is it then?” he said.

“What do you mean?” She sat back in her chair, not sure of what he was driving at.

“Well, you didn’t have to go out with me tonight, if you didn’t want to.

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