Whatever Happens in Texas by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2020-10-30T18:03:50+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

LILA SHARED THE “crap” duty with Cooper. After they’d arrived back at the house with Noah, Cooper had immediately gone into the guest room to have a chat with Jeremy. Lila went into her room to call Crystal. Noah had fled to his room, too, to wait for what would almost certainly be a follow-up conversation with his father.

“What’s wrong?” Crystal said the moment she answered Lila’s call.

Lila tried not to hesitate because she knew any kind of pause would only make her sister’s fears skyrocket. “The kids are fine,” she quickly assured her. “But Noah got in some trouble.”

“What kind of trouble? Is that why Cooper’s talking to Jeremy right now?” Crystal asked, her worried words running together.

“Trouble with a very minor car accident. And, yes, that’s why Cooper and Jeremy are talking. Noah’s fine, really,” Lila emphasized. “But he was driving without a license and damaged Sandy’s minivan when he hit the Crocketts’ fence and mailbox.”

Crystal didn’t groan. She sighed, probably because she knew how much grief this was going to cause her husband. “Jeremy and I will be home as soon as we can get there.”

“Don’t rush. Cooper and I have it under control.” She hoped that was true, anyway. “I’m so sorry,” Lila added.

“Sophia’s okay?” Crystal went on. “She wasn’t in the van with Noah, was she?”

“No. She’s fine. In fact, I just texted her before I called you to let her know there was a problem with Noah. I’ll call her back and give her details, unless that’s something you’d rather do.”

“No, you go ahead and tell her. I need to get on my laptop and reschedule our flights back home. I’ll call Sophia later and make sure she’s okay.” Her sister finally paused. “It sounds as if Jeremy is talking to Noah now. I’ll keep you posted as to when we’ll be in.”

Now it was Lila who sighed when her sister ended the call. She hadn’t done a good job with her “crap” duty, because Crystal was obviously worried and upset. Maybe, though, there’d been no way to prevent that. Verbal reassurance just wasn’t going to cut it in a situation like this.

Lila called Sophia next, and considering the girl answered on the first ring, she must have been waiting. However, Lila didn’t get a word out before Sophia spoke.

“It’s all over about Noah wrecking Miss Sandy’s van,” Sophia blurted out. “Is he okay?”

Lila frowned at the lightning-fast gossip mill but nearly smiled over the girl’s concern. She’d been afraid that Sophia would be upset like Crystal. Or maybe quote stats about teenage drivers.

“Noah’s fine but grounded,” Lila told her. “Jeremy and your mom will probably come back early from their honeymoon.”

Sophia groaned. “But I was supposed to get to stay with Ella tomorrow night. You said it was okay, and it might not happen if Mom and Jeremy are in a bad mood when they get home.”

Lila doubted either Jeremy or her sister would take their anger and disapproval out on the girl, but it might be better if Sophia was out of the house to give them time to deal with Noah.

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