Patrick's Promise (Cloverleaf #3) by Gloria Herrmann

Author:Gloria Herrmann [Herrmann, Gloria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01D3U6AFC
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Amber

Amber was chatting with two customers who had quickly become her favorites. They were two women, best friends, and the funniest ladies in all of Birch Valley. She had learned their names only a couple days prior—Donna and Andrea. They had been coming to the diner every morning, insisting on their coffee, also affectionately referring to it as “survival juice,” since it was made a little hotter than how it was normally served, and they ate basically the same breakfast every day. Amber got the biggest kick from the jokes that they shared with her. They sat in the same spot at the counter. It gave them a perfect view of anyone entering the diner, which they quickly gossiped about. That morning, the mailman came in, and the ladies went on for about twenty minutes after he had left about his legs and how he looked in his uniform. Amber had never laughed so hard or enjoyed customers as much as these two fabulously entertaining women.

Hearing the chime of the bell hanging on the tired weathered string, Amber glanced up. In walked Patrick and who she believed was his brother and Maggie. Her belly started to flip flop. She hadn’t seen Patrick for a couple days, and she was starting to miss him, terribly. She quickly grabbed three menus and trailed behind them as they headed for a booth near one of the windows. Patrick’s eyes met hers. He looked almost scared to see her, and that confused Amber. Because they hadn’t seen each other for a couple of days, self-doubt was settling in all of a sudden, but he had sent her a couple of text messages. Were all her fears coming true? Was Patrick now realizing that sleeping together that night had been a colossal mistake?

As she watched them slide into their seats, she avoided Patrick’s eyes. She had seen his dart away too, and that was not a good sign.

“Hi, what can I get you guys to drink?” Amber asked, her voice coming out a tad wobblier than she had hoped. She tried clearing her throat.

“Hey, Amber, how’s it going?” Maggie smiled brightly at her.

“Great.” She kept her response short. She just wanted to get their drink order and then have her mother or another waitress take their table.

Maggie nodded. “Glad to hear that. You know, I think I will have the lemonade. I’ve been craving it.”

Daniel laughed and looked up at Amber. He had the same green eyes; they twinkled with a happy glow. “I’ll just have an iced tea. So obviously you know my sister. Thanks, Mags, for introducing me, by the way,” he teased playfully as he turned around to look at Maggie, who was tucked in next to him by the window. “I’m Daniel.” He waited for her to say something, and her mind froze for a brief second. Feeling Patrick’s presence was creating a stormy cloud of confusion.

“Amber.”

“Well, Amber, it’s really nice to meet you. Are you new here?” he asked, the twinkle in his eyes growing brighter with interest.

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