Finding Love Again by Margaret Daley

Author:Margaret Daley [Daley, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new beginnings, Book 3
Publisher: Margaret Daley
Published: 2019-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

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“Mom, Mr. Stone is here,” Alexa shouted from the front yard, alerting the whole neighborhood.

Halfway up the ladder against the house in the back, Laura peered down at her attire. Twenty minutes into painting and she had forest-green streaks down the length of her, probably much like Peter when he’d been a teenager. Remembering Alice’s story generated a smile as Laura climbed down and started around the side of her duplex.

She literally bumped into Peter coming from the front. His strong hands clasped her arms and steadied her. For a brief moment all her thoughts centered on the feel of his fingers on her. She was sure the pleasant temperature of seventy-eight, so unusual for this time in June, soared into the eighties in a matter of seconds.

“What brings you by? Is something wrong with Alice?” Is something wrong with me? I have no business being attracted to Peter. Laura backed up a few paces, needing to breathe the fresh summer air instead of his enveloping scent.

“No, but not long after you left, Alice insisted I bring her over to visit Sarah.”

“She did?”

“I guess seeing you reminded her that she hadn’t seen Sarah in a while.”

Sure, you keep on thinking that, Peter. “Where’s Alice?”

“Inside with Sarah.”

Oh, no! What she’d feared earlier was transpiring probably as she and Peter spoke. Those two ladies were plotting their next moves if the tingling at Laura’s nape was any indication. “I could have brought her over to see my aunt. Why didn’t she say anything to me?”

“I don’t know. I went into the kitchen to get her some more tea, and when I came out, she announced she needed to come pay Sarah a visit. By the way, I did check out her food supply. I’m going to the grocery store later whether she likes it or not.”

The second Peter was out of the room, no doubt Alice was on her cordless phone calling Sarah, just as Alice had called Peter to come over earlier while she was there. “You know what Alice is up to, don’t you?”

“You mean trying to fix us up? Yes. She’s never been subtle. But I can’t refuse her when she wants me to do something. She doesn’t ask for much.” His mouth quirked up in a grin. “Besides, I wanted to come over, and she gave me a reason.”

“You did?” Her question ended on a squeak as though she had seen a mouse scurrying about her feet.

He inspected the house. “Yes. This is a big project, and I’ve definitely improved since I was a teenager painting the garage.” His gaze skimmed down her length, pausing briefly at each swatch of forest-green on her skin and clothes. “I think you need me.”

Need him? Those words panicked her. She would not become any more dependent on him than she already was. She enjoyed his company way too much. She was letting him help her with Sean. That had to be all. “It just takes me a little while to get into the swing of things.

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