So We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-Smith

Author:Leesa Cross-Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2020-03-10T00:00:00+00:00

SWEET: His parents weren’t home and Clint said he’d make her coffee, but it might not be that good. And wouldn’t she rather have it from a real coffee shop instead of a coffeemaker in his kitchen?

“No. I’d rather have it here,” she said, slipping off her shoes and wandering around the kitchen and living room. His mom was the type to have those colorful drippy candles, scented volcanoes bleeding down thick glass bottles. She felt a headache coming on from sniffing them, so she stopped. And there were pictures of Clint all over the place because he was an only child. Two on the mantel taken right before and after his baptism. The long sleeves of his white gown stuck to his arms like petals.

“Here, Pioneer,” Clint said, handing her a hot mug. She held it to her nose and smelled cinnamon. “I put all kinds of stuff in it. My mom makes hers sweet. My dad drinks his black. I figured since you’re a girl…” He half shrugged and touched the point of her elbow. She said thank you. He finally told her she looked pretty. That her dress reminded him of the flowers in Texas. “Clematis texensis,” he said and she loved how his mouth moved when he said it. So much, even the tender skin underneath her eyelids twinkled. She tapped his black-jeaned hip with her free hand.

“I believe in this. I’m not some pissed-off preacher’s kid. Are you?” she asked, nodding to the pictures and the ornate cross on the wall, pressing her palms tight around the mug so it could burn a little.

“I believe in it most of the time,” he said, before drinking his coffee.

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