Right Where We Belong by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks

Chapter 9

A couple of days later, Indigo sat with the knitting circle in the Rose’s small guest library. It was raining outside so they couldn’t sit on the porch, and Jim didn’t want to sit in the pub since it felt too much like work for him, so this was a happy medium.

It wasn’t a big room, but it was cozy, furnished with a couple of battered armchairs, a worn couch, and a couple of mismatched wooden coffee tables. Bookcases lined the walls, stuffed full of books guests had left behind, and there were all kinds, from mysteries and thrillers, to romance and science fiction, with a couple of literary fiction tomes thrown into the mix as well, not to mention a lot of nonfiction. Guidebooks on New Zealand and a lot of other countries too—many out-of-date—lined many of the shelves.

Today it was chilly, so Cait, Jim’s daughter, had lit a fire in the fireplace, and it made the room lovely and warm.

Indigo, Shirley, Beth, and Jim were there today, since Izzy had a shift at the gallery, though since there was hardly anyone around, she could have closed it up and come and knit. Then again, Indigo was starting to suspect that Izzy didn’t much like knitting and had been looking for an excuse not to come.

Beth was still cursing over her bootie, while Shirley was embroidering something on an embroidery hoop and Jim crocheted away at his granny square. He was using the yarn colors she’d suggested, which was gratifying.

The others seemed engrossed in what they were doing, but Indigo was distracted. She’d left a message with Finn for Levi at the Pure Adventure NZ HQ, mentioning that she was at the Rose if he wanted to resume his knitting lessons.

Finn had stared at her in some surprise and then asked her to repeat that about the knitting lessons, which she did. He made no comment though, apart from assuring her he’d certainly pass that on to Levi when he saw him, but she had the distinct impression that Finn was amused at Levi learning to knit.

She could understand. Levi was hardly the knitting type. But he’d asked and she’d promised to teach him, since this was her way of paying him back for the tiny house.

A tiny house she’d be more excited about if it hadn’t been colored by the memory of him telling her in no uncertain terms that he wouldn’t be having sex with her anytime soon.

God only knew what had possessed her to broach the topic with him. She’d been excited by the thought of the little house that would be built in this perfect, perfect spot and glad that he was the one who’d made it happen.

Yes, she’d had her doubts about him, but it was clear to her now that he was nothing but genuine. He wanted to help her. He was giving up his time to build a house especially for her and not even taking any money for the labor.

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