When It Hits You (The It Series Book 1) by Nicki Elson

Author:Nicki Elson [Elson, Nicki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicki Elson
Published: 2017-01-25T00:00:00+00:00

It was Christmas Eve. The cookies were baked, and Jessica and the kids had set a plate out for Santa. Now she and Sam were coaxing their three children plus Sam’s nine-year-old son, Jason, to bed while Penny put together an egg casserole for the morning’s brunch. Lyssa’s dad sat in his favorite chair watching TV, and Doug and Karin waited for Lyssa in the enclosed gazebo off the patio. Lyssa just had to make a quick pit stop in her designated guest room to grab something.

At the bottom of her bag, in a zipped compartment right behind a small, gift-wrapped package from Hayden, she found what she was looking for. Shoving it into her coat pocket, she headed to the back of the house and slipped out through the sliding glass door. As she entered the gazebo, she found Doug adjusting the space heater while Karin sat on the bench that circled the interior perimeter. This was Lyssa’s favorite part of the week—her powwows with her big brother.

“Please tell me you’re doing an every-other-year thing for Thanksgiving and will be with me at Jess’s next year,” Lyssa whined when Karin handed her a cold beer.

“We are,” Karin said. “But, um, we’re doing that for Christmas, too, which means…”

“No! You can’t leave me alone with them for that long.”

“Sorry, little one,” Doug said.

“Aww, Lyss,” his wife consoled. “They’re not that bad.”

Lyssa looked at her sister-in-law and shook her head. “You didn’t spend almost three hours at the back of the Jessmobile today—remind me to make the entire drive down by myself next year. And I’m sure Doug must’ve filled you in on my conversation with Mumsy during high tea at the Drake.”

Karin laughed.

“Uh huh, see? This is what drives me to seek out the good stuff.” Lyssa pulled a baggie out of her pocket and let it unroll, revealing the marijuana Carla had procured for her.

Doug laughed. “No way—you were serious?”

“Of course I was. The Jack Daniels left me too hungover last year, so I figured pot was a more practical route.” Pulling out rolling papers and laying them on the bench, she said, “Now let’s see if I remember how to do this.” Licking her fingertips, she went to work and made a not-half-bad joint. When she held it out to Doug, the quick exchange of furtive glances between her brother and his wife vanquished her proud grin.

“Sorry again, Sis. I can’t partake.”

“What? Why?”

“You’re sworn to maximum secrecy,” Karin said.

“What? Why?” Lyssa repeated, her voice smaller.

Karin inhaled and locked eyes with Doug. Then he shifted his gaze to his sister and said, “We can’t mess around with that stuff because we’re trying to have a baby.”

Lyssa’s mouth opened a little wider, and she felt her face freeze, caught in conflicting emotions. She was excited for her brother and his wife and didn’t want to say or do anything that would dampen the moment, but this news totally sucked. She’d expected to have at least two or three more years before those two started down the path to parenthood.

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