Smitten Book Club by Colleen Coble & Denise Hunter

Author:Colleen Coble & Denise Hunter [Coble, Colleen & Hunter, Denise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
ISBN: 9781401687168
Amazon: 1401687164
Barnesnoble: 1401687164
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2014-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

“You’re awfully quiet tonight, Joey.” Suzie passed the dinner rolls to Grace, who pulled one apart and smeared on a glob of jelly.

“Yeah, I noticed that too,” Sam joined in. “Everything okay?”

“Everything’s fine. Just explained things to Grace’s teacher today.”

Grace stuffed a bite of roll into her mouth and signed, I like Ms. Burton. She’s nice. She lets me color. She waited a moment and signed again. She smells good too. Like a happy day.

“That’s right,” Suzie said. “I’d forgotten Lia was the kindergarten teacher.” She turned to Grace. “Just what does a happy day smell like?”

Ms. Burton, Grace signed with a grin.

Joey laughed. “It’s funny; now that she mentions it, Elliana did smell good. Like peaches.”

Once Grace was excused from the table, the guys started to get up as well.

“Could you wait a moment?” Suzie asked. “I’ve already talked to Sam about this, Joey, but we thought we should mention it to you.”

Joey studied her. “What’s that?”

“If it’s all right with you, we want to buy Grace a gym set for the yard.”

“Whoa, now hold on.”

“Oh, come on, Joey. We don’t have any children, and we would enjoy watching her play.”

“Suzie, Sam, we’re not staying here. I’m going to build a house. And in fact, I’m looking for a place to stay while we build it.”

“But you can stay here,” Suzie encouraged.

He knew they meant well, but he didn’t want Grace confused as to who her parent was. Kids could get messed up with too many bosses. He wanted her around family; he just didn’t want to live with them.

“I appreciate it, guys, I really do. Ultimately, we won’t be staying here. We need to get established in a place of our own and settle down to our new normal, you know?”

Sam nodded.

“I guess,” Suzie said with a sigh of resignation.

They cleared the table, and the discussion moved to sports and talk of work. Afterward, the guys settled into TV and Suzie got out her childhood tea set and played with Grace awhile.

Joey walked into Grace’s room and saw she was already bathed and in her pajamas. He thanked Suzie and read a story to Grace before she went to bed. Once he kissed her good night, he peeked again before closing the door. They had to find their own place. And soon.

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