Worth The Wait (Small-Town Secrets-Fairview Series Book 1) by Sophia Sinclair

Author:Sophia Sinclair [Sinclair, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Action & Adventure, Small-Town Secrets-Fairview Series, Family & Domestic Life-Three Young Children, Hometown Library, Solve Long-Ago Murders, Family Members, Reconcile The Past
Publisher: Sophia Sinclair
Published: 2019-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

After a very satisfying sleep, Molly awoke to hear noises downstairs. Could it be? The kids were awake before her. That was a first. They were awake, had already let Clarence out, and were eating cereal. Clarence, parked by Tommy’s chair, was staring intently at the boy as he ate, his eyes following every spoonful as it went from bowl to mouth. The old dog seemed to be willing the food to drop to the ground.

“Did you feed Clarence?” she asked, as she walked in, tightening her old terry bathrobe around her and taking a seat at the table.

“Yes,” Beth said. “He ate it all in about 20 seconds. I think he’s still hungry,”

“Poor pooch,” Molly said, scratching him behind the ears. “Sorry, Clarence. I know how it is, boy. But you’ve gotta take off some weight for your own good. Maybe somebody should take control of my diet and not let me eat what I want. Maybe then I could fit into my skinny jeans again.”

“Mom! You always tell me to worry more about being healthy than being skinny,” Beth said. “You don’t need to lose any weight.”

“Well, I could stand to drop a little, but you’re right, I should worry more about being healthy than fitting into jeans I’ll probably never wear again anyway.” She poured herself some cereal — a little less than she wanted — and began to eat. “Suzie will be home next weekend,” she said. “I talked to her a little bit yesterday. She’s looking forward to meeting Clarence.”

“I sent her some pictures,” Beth said. “She agrees we did the right thing by saving him. She wants us to take him for a walk in the woods.”

“I think it’ll be about a five-minute walk, with us carrying him the last two minutes,” Molly said. Clarence had proved to be ridiculously out of shape. “If he were a human, he’d be one of those fat old men you see riding a scooter in the grocery store.”

“Don’t listen to her,” Tommy said, rubbing the dog’s head. “You’re going to be ready for skinny jeans in no time, boy. And by next summer, all the girl dogs are going to want to sniff your butt.”

“Tommy!” Molly said. But she laughed. She liked that Clarence was bringing out the fun side of Tommy’s personality. She realized he’d been withdrawn for some time, and was glad to see him getting back to his old self a bit.

“David says he thinks we can get him back in shape by next spring, if we’re strict with his diet and take him on a short walk every day,” Tommy volunteered.

“When did David become some sort of dog expert?” Beth asked.

“He knows lots of stuff. He’s worked on a bunch of books,” Tommy said.

“About dogs?” Beth asked.

“No, but about everything. He has a big box of them in the library of his house. They’re about physics and chemistry and engineering and even medical stuff. He knows everything,” Tommy said. He’s going to turn the library into his writing room, he said, once we get it painted.

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