The Secret by Kate Benson

Author:Kate Benson [Benson, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00MMN3ICU
Published: 2014-08-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Chase

“I know that everyone is under a lot of stress right now,” Debbie says. “But this is Christmas Eve and we’ve all been very blessed this year. We need to put our grievances aside and enjoy each other, not be at each other’s throats.”

“Debbie, I was talking to Sophia…” Grace starts, but is cut off.

“I don’t care, Grace, this is still my house,” she snaps, giving me a glimpse of where Sophie got her tough streak from. “We all have our differences, but there is a time and a place and my table at Christmas Eve dinner is neither.”

Silence falls over the table for a moment before Sophie’s quiet voice begins.

“Should we wait for Drake and Ana to eat?”

“No,” Jack and I tell her at the same time.

“I agree, Honey,” Debbie says to her sweetly. “I made you your favorite and you know it’s not as good once it’s cold.”

As Sophie’s eyes take in the bowl of homemade macaroni and cheese, she gives Debbie a teary smile.

“Well, that’s just not true at all,” she jokes. “I think you could freeze this stuff into popsicles and it would still be amazing, Aunt Deb.”

“Thank you, Honey,” she chuckles, piling a large portion onto her plate.

“Debbie?” Grace says from across the table. “Do you make that the way Frank did?”

“Of course,” she says with a wink in Sophie’s direction, making her smile. “Sophie wouldn’t love it so much if I didn’t make it like her Daddy.”

“This is your dad’s recipe?” I ask her with a small smile as she hands the bowl to me.

“Yes,” she says. “You have to try it. It’s so good! Isn’t it Jack?”

“It’s pretty amazing,” he nods in agreement with a small chuckle. “Save me some, Soph.”

“Sorry,” she grins across the table at him. “You snooze you lose.”

“I’ll remember that when you want some of this pie I’ve got stashed over here,” he winks at her, laughing when she feigns offense.

“Uncle!” she chuckles. “I’ll let you have some, just please don’t take all the pie!”

“That’s full of cheese and heavy cream, Sophia Paige,” Grace interjects, wiping the smile off my girls face. “If you’re having pie, you may want to make sure you don’t go overboard. Remember, a moment on your lips, a lifetime on your hips.”

What the fuck is wrong with this woman?

“Grace!” Debbie says in shock from across the table.

“What? She wants to get married so badly,” she says in a saccharin sweet tone. “I’m sure she wants to look her best for Prince Charming here. I’m just trying to help!”

“Okay, I’m done,” I start, angry and determined to make my point no matter how childish it might be. Taking the bowl from her hand, I pile a massive portion on Sophie’s plate. Honestly, more than even I could eat, but I can’t stop. When I’ve all but emptied the serving bowl on her plate, I set it down with a thud and face my girl.

“Chase…” she starts, her eyes round from the shock of my reaction, but I can’t hold my tongue anymore.

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