Red Maple Falls Series Bundle by Theresa Paolo

Author:Theresa Paolo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Theresa Paolo
Published: 2021-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

It had been so long since Hadley had a girl’s night, and she was looking forward to seeing all of her favorite people without their significant others hogging their attention.

She walked into Calhoun’s and spotted Kate and Shay over at their usual table in the corner. She gave them a wave and hurried over. Each had a half-finished glass of wine in front of them.

“Starting without me?” Hadley asked.

“This is my first night off since Matthew was born, so technically I’m playing catch up,” Shay said, taking a healthy sip from her glass.

Hadley didn’t want to burst Shay’s bubble, but she couldn’t help herself. “Just remember you can’t sleep it off anymore when you have a baby who wakes up with the roosters.”

“You always have to ruin my fun, don’t you?”

Hadley flashed Shay a smile then walked over to the bar and ordered a beer from Declan. He filled up a pint glass with Hippity Hop, Mason’s now famous IPA, and then slid it across the bar. She reached into her pocket to pay, and Declan held his hand up. “First round is on me.”

“Thanks, Dec.”

Hadley turned around just as Sarah and Cassie walked in. Sarah smoothed her hand over her empire waist shirt that flared just above her growing baby bump. Hadley couldn’t believe she was going to be an aunt again and was excited to meet the little nugget. Sarah and Cooper had decided they didn’t want to know the sex of the baby. Cooper, the globetrotting travel blogger, had always preferred surprises, and everyone was waging bets as to what they would have.

Hadley was hoping for a girl to balance out the new generation’s male domination. Between baby Matthew and Sarah’s son, Tommy, a girl was needed. Niece or nephew, though, Hadley would love that child with all of her heart.

Cassie spotted Hadley first, giving her a wave as she made her way through the crowd. Her reddish- brown hair was down, falling in soft waves over her shoulders. She moved freely and with confidence, a far cry from the girl she once was after escaping an abusive relationship and surviving on little to nothing. She had gone from shy and timid to a bright ray of light that overpowered the darkness of her past.

Hadley greeted them each with a hug. “You guys want a drink?”

“Club soda for me,” Sarah said, patting her bump. “I’ll be drinking vicariously through you, so make me proud.”

“I’ll make mine a double.” Cassie laughed. “I’ll meet you guys at the table. I want to ask Declan how the sales have been.”

“Do you ever take time off?” Hadley asked.

Cassie started off working behind the bar in the Five Leaf Brewery tasting room, but when her relationship with Mason became more serious, she had taken on a bigger role at the brewery, chipping in wherever she was needed, including production and sales. She was proving to be a force to be reckoned with and Mason’s equal in so many ways.

She gave a nonchalant shrug.

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