Haven's Cove: The Complete Series by Jaclyn Quinn

Author:Jaclyn Quinn [Quinn, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

Saturday came quickly, and Nate had been debating what he was going to do about the situation ever since he saw Gabe and Jonah the other day. There was a voice inside his head telling him he was overreacting, but as it got closer to the time for everyone to show up, that voice got softer and softer. He’d been completely ignorant when it came to Eric and the men he was fucking behind Nate’s back. There was no way Nate would be humiliated—fucking gutted—like that again.

“Daddy, can I wear my Cinderella dress for the barbacube?”

“You mean barbecue, Lilypop.” Nate carried a cooler over to the side of the deck by the grill, placing it on the ground. He’d already filled it with burgers and hot dogs and just needed to pour the ice in.

Lily followed, her colorful bracelets clinking together as she skipped behind him. “Yeah, for the barbacube. So can I?”

“I don’t know―”

She interrupted, pleading with him in the dramatic way only a five-year-old could over wearing a princess costume. “Please Daddy? Molly is coming, and I want to show her!” She was bouncing on her toes, the way she did whenever she was excited about―or trying to talk him into―something.

“You’ll be too hot.”

“No, I won’t,” she whined.

A flash of her ten years from now, crying over a boy, or getting into a fight with Molly over said boy, had him caving. You had to choose your battles, especially with a five-year-old. Nate sighed and crouched down in front of her. “Yeah, sure, honey. Just be careful not to rip it.”

“Yay!” She hugged him then ran into the house to change.

“Knock! Knock!” his mom’s voice called as she opened the gate, walking into the backyard with his dad following behind.

“Hey, guys.” Nate stood back up and reached onto the deck for the two bags of ice he’d put there. Dropping the first bag on the ground a couple of times, the solid block broke into pieces small enough to spread around the cooler.

His mom came up next to him and waited for him to empty both bags. Then she leaned in and kissed his cheek. “Hi, honey. I made brownies and potato salad. Where should I put them?”

Nate pointed in the general direction of the house. “Uh, potato salad on the table on the deck and the brownies inside. I’ll bring them out later.”

“Okay. Where’s my sweet pea?”

“Changing into her Cinderella dress, as is customary for any successful barbacube.” He laughed, using his daughter’s word.

“Barbacube?” his mom asked, and both of his parents started laughing.

He gave them a look as if to say where do you think I got that from?

“Ah, well, I’ll just go see if she needs any help.” She smiled and walked up onto the deck to put the food down.

His dad clapped his hands together once loudly then rubbed them together. “Okay, point me in the direction of the beer.”

“Good idea. White cooler on the deck. Grab me a Sam’s, would ya?”

“You got it.”

Twenty minutes later, pretty much everyone had shown up—everyone except Gabe and Jonah.

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