Love Inspired July 2014 - Bundle 1 of 2: Her Montana Cowboy\Redeeming the Rancher\Forever a Family by Valerie Hansen

Author:Valerie Hansen [HANSEN, VALERIE/KASTNER AND BONNIE K. WINN, DEB]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460337981
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Alexis wasn’t sure she would see Griff at the party. Something serious had transpired between Vivian and Griff when she’d stepped out to speak to her counselors the night before. Whatever had happened had set him off big time.

Of course, Vivian couldn’t give her anything useful. She was absolutely clueless as to what was up with Griff. When Alexis had pressed her, Vivian had burst into tears and it had taken Alexis twenty minutes just to calm her down. Whatever had happened, Alexis was certain Vivian hadn’t purposefully meant to say anything upsetting. She had too sensitive a heart to cause such trouble. Silly, maybe, but sensitive all the same.

Alexis would have to turn to Griff for answers, but he’d made it clear that she wasn’t welcome around him at the moment, and she wasn’t going to chase him. When he was ready, he’d come to her. She just didn’t expect it to be anytime soon.

But that was just as well, since she had a party to prepare for and six youth currently waiting on her direction.

“Girls, can you take out all of the plates, cups and plastic silverware and arrange them on one of the tables outside? Somewhere in the boxes you’ll find a couple of festive tablecloths—one for the food table and one for the gift table. And feel free to use crepe paper and whatever else you need to decorate. I can’t wait to see what your creative minds will do.”

The three girls giggled in anticipation and immediately started exploring the contents of the boxes, exclaiming to one another when they found something they could use to decorate for the party.

“Guys, I need your superior height to help me hang crepe paper and banners. There are a couple of footstools in the storage closet.”

Connor and Josh raced for the closet, leaving Devon standing alone beside Alexis. He no longer held back as much as he had when he’d first arrived, but Alexis knew she still had a way to go to instill the self-­confidence and personal courage she wanted him to possess in his heart by the time he left Redemption Ranch.

“Connor,” she said as the two boys returned, “why don’t you and Devon go hang that welcome banner across the front porch?”

“Hey, what about me?” Josh protested.

Alexis chuckled. “I need you to help me blow up some balloons.”

“Yeah,” Josh agreed, grinning and posturing as if he’d won a prize. He punched Connor on the arm. “I don’t want to hang out with you losers, anyway.”

Alexis arched a brow but didn’t comment. She didn’t need to. Chagrin immediately covered Josh’s face. He was learning the fine line of what was simply harmless teasing and what was hurtful.

Alexis led Josh to the overstuffed blue couch in the living room and reached for a large package of balloons, which she immediately opened, dumping the contents onto the coffee table and tossing a couple into Josh’s lap.

She was working on her fifth balloon when she heard voices at the front door.

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