Love Everlasting (Isle of Hope series Book 2) by Julie Lessman

Author:Julie Lessman [Lessman, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

“Give me a break, Lace. You’ve been married for all of—what? Ten months?” Cat popped the cork on her fishing rod over and over, emitting a loan groan when she missed a bite. “I mean I want to be an aunt as much as you want to be a mom, but these things take time.” She tossed a peanut in the air and caught it with her mouth.

“Not always,” Lacey said with a glum look, slouched deep in her Adirondack chair next to Cat and Shan as the three of them fished on the O’Bryen’s dock. She breathed in the earthy scent of the marsh and the salty smell of the Skidaway River and sighed. “Your mom said she got pregnant with Jack on the honeymoon.”

“Yeah, well that’s Jack,” Cat said, tone dry as she recast her line in the water. “A chronic overachiever. He probably negotiated with God on his due date.”

Lacey popped her cork once to every three of Cat’s, her interest in fishing as flat as her fertility at the moment. “Can’t argue with you there. When I started dating your brother at sixteen, his idea of a fun date was studying at the library.”

A soft chuckle drifted from Shannon’s lips as she settled back in her chair, rod loose and expression calm, no nervous popping of the cork for her. She got a bite and quietly stood to her feet, hauling in a keeper like it was no big deal. Hooking the fish on her stringer, she dropped it back in the water and then took her time baiting her hook, her heavy haul of fish proof that patience paid off in fishing.

Lacey expelled a silent sigh. And in having babies, too, no doubt.

“How long have you been trying?” Shannon asked, casting her line in a perfect arc over the water, her quiet skill in sports often overshadowed by Cat’s hyper-competitive delivery.

Lacey’s mouth compressed. “Since the honeymoon, and I’ve read that after a year of trying, you should see a fertility specialist, so we’re almost there.” She huffed out another sigh, the mournful sound of a loon in harmony with her own melancholy mood. “And I had high hopes for the Bahamas, but nothing happened.”

“Nothing?” Cat whipped her rod up and recast her line with a soft whoosh, slipping Lacey an impish smile. “Well, that’s your problem then, goof. Something has to ‘happen’ for it to ‘happen.’” Her brows did a Groucho Marx. “Or didn’t Jack learn that in med school?”

Lacey rolled her eyes and popped a peanut off Cat’s head. “You are such a goober, you know that?” A secret smile skimmed across her lips as she popped her line. “Trust me, there was so much happening on that trip, we barely got any sleep.”

“Ewwwwww, stop!” Cat put a hand over her ears. “I don’t want to hear what you do with my brother.”

Lacey grinned. “Hey, you brought it up, not me.”

“You know, Lace,” Shannon said, manner reflective, “you still have two more months in your first year, so don’t count yourself out yet.

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