Harlequin Special Edition March 2018 Box Set 1 of 2 by Marie Ferrarella

Author:Marie Ferrarella
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488094330
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

After arguing with Molly for a solid ten minutes about physics and mechanical engineering, Kaleb went back inside to buy a coil of rope so that all their purchases wouldn’t fly out the back of the truck.

“I still think all of this is overkill,” Molly told him when he secured the last knot.

“I like being prepared.”

“You probably were an excellent Boy Scout.”

“I would have been if…” He trailed off at the memory.

“If what?”

“I wasn’t allowed to go to the scouting camp like my brothers. I spent a whole summer in a traction bed once reading the handbook, though, and learning how to pitch a tent, start a fire and tie ropes. I never got around to doing the first two, but I’d used up a couple of spools of dental floss practicing the more complicated knots. Anyway, I quit going to the den meetings because I didn’t see the point in hanging out with a bunch of kids learning how to do things I could research and learn about at home.”

“I’m surprised your parents just let you quit.”

“I think they were initially overwhelmed with having a kid who wasn’t perfect. I don’t mean that they didn’t love me,” he rushed to say when he saw her horrified expression. “In fact, they probably loved me too much because they treated me with kid gloves. Even my brothers took a hiatus from picking on me. But don’t worry, they bounced back after my first surgery when the doctor told them that I actually needed to exercise in order to get better. Of course, I still wasn’t allowed to do the contact sports, but my dad found a swim coach and I had daily strengthening workouts. By the end of middle school, I could easily outdistance any of my hotshot baseball-playing brothers in the pool.”

She smiled at him before getting into the passenger seat. “Being a kid sister, I’m pretty impressed that you were able to beat them at something.”

He walked around to his side of the truck and climbed in. “Ha. Apparently, you’ve never raced against a Chatterson. They’re horrible at losing. Kane and Kevin started going to practice with me during their off-season so they could challenge me to a rematch.”

“Yeah, I caught a glimpse of your family’s competitiveness when they were playing badminton at the barbecue on Wednesday.” Molly smiled as he started the engine. “Yesterday, Kylie was still sporting that bruise from that shuttlecock Bobby Junior served during the last match.”

“Trust me, they’ve really mellowed out since we were teenagers.”

“So did they ever beat you at swimming?”

“Kevin did once, but only because he reached over into my lane and grabbed hold of the waistband of my Speedo.”

“That’s horrible,” Molly said, but the words were muffled by her giggles.

“You have no idea. The girls’ water polo team was meeting for tryouts and were all on deck and watching.”

Molly’s nose was practically touching her knees, she was bent over laughing so hard. When she’d wiped the tears from her upturned cheeks, she asked, “Did he get in trouble?”

“Yeah, he got grounded for two weeks.

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