Child of Grace (Love Inspired) by Hannon Irene

Author:Hannon, Irene [Hannon, Irene]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin Enterprises
Published: 2011-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Tea break!”

At Dorothy’s announcement, Kelsey looked up from the quilt rack where she was trying to make some headway on a commission due at the end of August—a short three weeks away.

“You sound especially cheery today. Let’s see…” Kelsey leaned back in her chair and regarded her friends. “Your upbeat mood wouldn’t have anything to do with a certain gentleman who’s been enjoying quite a few solitary lunches in the tearoom, would it?”

Bright pink spots appeared on Dorothy’s cheeks as she deposited a cup of tea and a plate of scones on a small table next to the quilt rack. “I didn’t think you’d noticed.”

“I didn’t. Hannah tipped me off. She calls him your beau.”

The woman’s flush deepened. “I’m too old to have a beau. Besides, he’s younger than me.”

Kelsey raised an eyebrow. Hannah had pointed out the dapper, white-haired man to her yesterday. “How much younger?”

“He’s only seventy-one.”

Kelsey adopted a look of mock horror. “Goodness! You’d be robbing the cradle!” She picked up a scone and nibbled at it. “When was I going to hear about this new development, anyway? I tell you everything.”

“I was going to mention it eventually. If it lasted. We only met two weeks ago. I thought his interest might wane.”

“According to Hannah, he comes for lunch almost every day. I don’t think his interest is waning.” She inspected the scone in her hand. “This is delicious, by the way. I don’t recall you ever making chocolate chip scones before. New recipe?”

Dorothy’s color surged again. “Charles likes chocolate.”

“Ah. That explains it. So tell me all about this mystery man.” Kelsey grinned at her and continued to eat. She couldn’t ever recall seeing the older woman flustered. Then again, love—or even mere attraction—could do that to a person.

She was finding that out firsthand.

“His name is Charles Summer. He and his wife used to rent a condo in Holland every August after he retired, but this is the first time he’s come back since she died three years ago. He doesn’t get into Douglas much, but over the Fourth of July weekend he joined some old friends from out of town for lunch at the tearoom. We chatted a little that day, and he started coming back. More conversations led to a dinner invitation…and we’ve been seeing each other ever since.”

Finishing off her scone, Kelsey picked up her teacup. “That’s a very romantic story, Dorothy.”

“I’m too old for romance.”

“No one’s ever too old for romance.”

“We’ll see, I suppose.” The older woman smoothed back a stray strand of hair. “And speaking of romance, I haven’t seen Luke much lately.”

Kelsey shot Dorothy a cautious look. “What does Luke have to do with romance?”

“You tell me. Hannah thinks there are sparks between the two of you.”

“Hannah has a very active imagination. I’ve hardly seen Luke in the past two weeks. Now that the campaign is beginning to attract national media attention, he’s been on the go every minute.”

“I think there are sparks, too.”

“Then you have an overactive imagination as well.

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