Wildest Dream: A Romance (The Alexander Family Book 2) by Brooke St. James

Author:Brooke St. James [St. James, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parkside Press
Published: 2022-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

I could see my mom getting more and more antsy as Isaac spoke. He was socially wonderful, and he could read my mom's demeanor, but the truth was eating away at him. He couldn't wait to let my family know—especially now that my mom came in being skeptical of his intentions.

I wanted them to know, too. It was an interesting, amazing story, and the part that really mattered was that I thought I might actually love Isaac. I was definitely ready to tell them everything.

"But we can't do this in here," I said to both of them.

My mom had no idea what to think. I could see that she was trying to process what Isaac said and could make no sense of it.

"Do you have that book?" I asked, looking at Isaac.

He nodded. "Do you want me to get it out right now?"

"Please," I said with a little nod.

He went to his bag and began to dig in it, and I focused my attention on my confused mother. By this time, my sisters, Jenny and Sasha, had gotten curious and were walking into the room.

"What's going on?" Jenny asked.

"They're trying to tell me something about a book," Mom said, looking at my sisters. "I think they're reading relationship stuff in a book."

They all looked at me like they were waiting for answers, and I couldn't help but laugh. "Where do I even start? We're not doing what Mom said, for one."

Isaac had been digging in his bag, and he came up with a paperback copy of the book.

"It's called The Café on the Corner," I said, trying to give them something. "It's a fiction novel. Look, let's all go in there, and I'll tell it where Jesse, Dad, Nick, you know, more people can hear so I don't have to repeat it so much."

I reached out and held Isaac's hand as we walked out of the room, and my sisters regarded me like they didn't know what to make of it. They were as obvious and frank as my mother and I prayed Isaac was holding up.

By the time everyone made it out of the room, Nick was curious enough to come looking for us. He had a friend in tow and they met up with us in the hallway.

"Turn around and go back the other way," Jenny called to him. "We're hearing a story from Ari."

Nick turned and immediately yelled over his shoulder. "We're hearing a story from Ari!"

I cringed a little and smiled, glancing at Isaac. He just shrugged.

"Okay everyone, oh, my gosh, I didn't intend to have everyone's attention like this, but… you didn't have to mute the TV, Dad, I didn't plan on doing a big speech or anything… " I was nervous and on the spot even though it was my own family, and Isaac held my hand a little tighter. I glanced at him and he smiled at me.

"Ari came to Seattle last May to see her friend graduate." Isaac took over the first part of the story, but he paused and waited to see if I wanted him to continue.

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