Love, Lies and Fireflies by Jan Elder

Author:Jan Elder [Elder, Jan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, inspirational fiction, Clean and Wholesome Novels, Religion and Spirituality
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2019-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Friday hadn’t come too soon. Didi left work late again and hurried home on yet another gray day. Jake was due at her house in a scant half hour. There was no time to take care of all of those extra touches she’d wanted to make before he came. He’d have to take her as she was, a mite scratched and dented but nothing that couldn’t be smoothed out and patched up.

She raced into the house and headed for the kitchen. Next, she plopped a large pot of water down on the burner to boil, careful not to slosh water over the sides. She flipped on the oven to preheat it for the French bread, transferred the frozen chocolate pie from the freezer to the refrigerator, and fed her mewing kitty cat. Dashing to her bedroom, she changed into jeans and a lacy blouse, fluffed her hair, and applied some rosy pink lip-gloss. At six fifty-five, the doorbell rang. Jake already? “Drat.”

Shoeless and breathless, she forced herself to tread slowly to the door. With blood racing, she willed her pulse to slow and opened the door to the man she was becoming quite fond of.

He stood in her doorway with a happy smile on his face. She loved the way he smiled. He grinned at her as if she were something special. She was going to have to guard her heart, but it was nice to feel special.

“Hi, lovely lady.”

So much for that guarded heart thing. “Hi, Jake. I just got home myself, and I’ve barely thought about dinner.” As she pivoted toward the kitchen, he caught her hand.

“Slow down, Ms. O’Brien. I come bearing popcorn, chocolate-covered raisins, and two of Hollywood’s finest movies, and we have all night to watch them. What’s the hurry?”

“Good point. Why don’t we leisurely mosey on into the kitchen, and you can watch me make spaghetti? What movies did you bring?”

Jake stayed close behind her, resting both hands lightly on her shoulders. “I tried to think of something we’d both like, and I came up with two possibilities. First up, I brought a real classic. Have you ever seen Key Largo?”

“Oh, I love Bogart, and I’ve always wanted to see that one. Good choice. What’s the other one?” Didi motioned him to a barstool, grabbed a package of pasta from the pantry, and checked the temperature of the water on the stove.

“The second movie is one of my all-time favorites. Do you like Hitchcock?”

“I’m not sure. I saw Vertigo a long time ago and liked it, but Psycho was kinda unnerving.” Didi added a splash of olive oil and a pinch of salt to the pot, then pulled the pre-made salad out of the fridge.

“I think you’ll like North by Northwest. It’s a masterpiece extraordinaire, Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint at their best.” Jake spun around the counter and into the kitchen. “Can I help?”

“Would you mind setting the table? Both movies sound good. I was just hoping you wouldn’t bring something like Beavis and Butthead.

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