Dreams That Won't Let Go by Stacy Hawkins Adams

Author:Stacy Hawkins Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC026000
ISBN: 9781441207319
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2009-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

22

Max had orchestrated this dinner, and Indigo was still trying to guess his motive.

He knew she had somewhat reconciled with Reuben—her brother was still in their wedding and she wasn’t complaining— so what was this about? She asked him again, just before Reuben and Peyton arrived, to no avail.

“Just enjoy yourself, okay?” Max said. “Will that be so hard?”

She and Max and Reuben and Peyton now sat across the table from each other in Max’s kitchen, finishing their second helpings of tonight’s meal. Taryn had just called to report that Charles David was fine. He was spending the night with her at her parents’ house, and she had invited a neighbor’s four-year-old son whom she regularly babysat to sleep over too. The boys were preparing for a pillow fight.

“I doubt those boys are eating half as well as we are,” Reuben said.

Max had grilled catfish and shrimp. Indigo had prepared rice pilaf, green beans, corn on the cob, and a tossed salad.

“I didn’t know professional photographers could burn like this,” Reuben said and laughed.

Peyton nudged her husband. “What he meant to say was, ‘Thanks to such fabulous hosts for such a fabulous dinner,’” she said. “This was great, you guys. I’m glad we’ve found some time to get together.”

Reuben grew sober and looked pointedly at Indigo. “Yeah, me too,” he said. “It means a lot, especially with all that’s gone on recently.”

Indigo shifted her gaze from Reuben’s. She rose from the table and headed toward the island to retrieve dessert. “Do you guys want ice cream with your peach cobbler, or either dessert by itself?”

Peyton patted her hips. “I don’t need anything, girlfriend! Living in the South is catching up with me! You guys cook too well and too often! I take Charles David on a daily walk through the neighborhood, but I’m going to have to invest in a treadmill.”

Indigo laughed and scooped mint chocolate chip ice cream into a small dish, which she placed in front of Peyton. “Go on, with your tiny self. I heard this is your favorite flavor. I didn’t give you too much.”

Peyton wagged her finger at Indigo and frowned. “I’m going to pay you back for this, you know.” She took a bite and looked at Reuben. “Don’t you start complaining when there’s more of me to love. It’s your sister’s fault.”

“It’s all good, babe,” Reuben said.

Indigo smiled as she watched how he gazed at and addressed his wife. It softened her heart toward him some. She had her issues with him, but he was a good guy. Everything she’d seen and heard since he moved back home pointed to that; she just needed to follow everyone’s advice and give him a chance. Maybe that was Max’s plan all along. Tonight was a good start.

“How’d you two meet?” Max asked Reuben and Peyton. He dug into the bowl of peach cobbler topped with vanilla ice cream that Indigo sat in front of him and Reuben at the same time.

Reuben looked at Peyton. “You want to do the honors?”

“I’m enjoying my ice cream,” she said and laughed.

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