Besotted in Branson: An At the Altar Story by Barton Keira K

Author:Barton, Keira K.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

Six

“How was your day, boys?” Susan asked Adin and Cody over dinner. They had walked in a few minutes earlier looking dirty and beat up. She’d sent them to the bathroom to wash up while she set the table, and now they were all sitting down to eat. It had been a long time since they’d had this kind of normalcy in their lives, but she was grateful for the renewed energy she’d received this past week.

Adin’s eyes became bright, his eyebrows arching up. “It was great. I really like working with Andy. He’s made this week go by so fast! And today, Tim showed up after lunch to help us. I started getting really hungry, and he pulled out a couple of candy bars for Cody and me. It was so nice.”

Susan smiled at her son’s excitement. She hadn’t realized how much of the heaviness she’d been carrying had been due to the fact that she’d had so many outstanding debts and been so overwhelmed by the ranch finances. Now that she’d pay off all the hands she’d owed money to, and gotten their accounts current, she felt like she could breathe again.

“What about you, Cody? Have you been enjoying your time with Andy as much as Adin?” she asked.

Cody rolled his eyes. “I don’t think anyone enjoys anything as much as Adin…but yeah. It’s been cool. Tim’s been cool too, actually. He said I can have next week off for football camp like we talked about. Said he’d even drive me every day so you don’t have to.”

Susan suppressed her smile this time. She didn’t want Cody to know she was so pleased with his admission about Tim. He was a nice guy, with a kind, honest heart. The more time Susan spent around him, the more she’d grown to trust him. Having both of her boys say nice things about him meant the world to her.

“That’s great,” Susan said.

“Yeah. Did you know Tim played football for Iowa in college?” Cody asked.

“I didn’t. We haven’t really had a chance to talk about his life much with all the work we had to do to sort things out with the bank.” Susan took a bite of her spaghetti, closing her eyes and savoring it as she chewed.

She’d missed finding pleasure in eating. Thus far in her pregnancy she’d been so nauseated that nothing sounded good at all, and if she did manage to find something appetizing to eat, it didn’t stay down very long. She wondered if it was just a coincidence that all of those symptoms had started to fade when Tim arrived, or if him being here had made a difference in how she was feeling.

“Well, you should talk to him sometime. He had some really great stories about his glory days.” Cody twisted more spaghetti noodles around his fork before shoving another bite in his mouth. He slurped up the noodles that didn’t quite make it in, and the sound made Adin giggle.

“Cody...” Susan warned.

She didn’t even have to speak the rest of her admonition before Cody said, “Sorry, Mom.

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