Stir of Wind: Small-town Sweet Romance with a Hint of Magic by Lorin Grace & Maria Hoagland

Author:Lorin Grace & Maria Hoagland [Grace, Lorin & Hoagland, Maria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Currant Creek Press
Published: 2021-10-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

As they neared Tanglewood, the traffic thickened with Boston Pops fans converging for the Sunday concert. Greg kept his focus on the road as the conversation meandered through various topics.

Josie’s phone pinged. “That’s your sister wishing me a fun time tonight with a bunch of smiley faces and winks.”

“How much have you told her?”

“Not much. She knew about the Tanglewood date before I said anything. So you may have told her more than I did.”

“I couldn’t let the tradition die because she moved away. Remember the first time?”

“Of course. Did Naomi ever tell you why we asked you to drive us?” Josie’s hands waved in his periphery. Had she always used her hands so much to talk?

“Mom and dad were out of town and your family had something.”

“We were both so annoyed with you always watching us.”

“Watching out for you.” Admittedly, he’d taken the protector role he’d adopted at age five too seriously. Looking back, his parents weren’t trying to scare him as they adjusted their lives to accommodate Naomi’s childhood diabetes diagnosis, but the admonition to watch out for his toddler sister if she passed out had become an obsession.

“Whatever. So we tried to come up with the absolutely most boring, time-consuming thing to do, and Tanglewood won. We were sure it would be a bunch of old people listening to old people play music. When you invited Bethany along as your date, we nearly died.”

“I think she was the only one who didn’t enjoy the evening.” It had been a John Williams show, and Greg had been surprised to learn symphonies played some of his favorite movie themes. Bethany spent most of the time complaining of the mosquitos that didn’t bother the rest of them.

“We may have had something to do with that.” Josie’s laugh filled the car.

“Like what?”

“I plead the Fifth. We were minors. I am sure the statute of limitations is way over.”

Greg laughed. He hadn’t enjoyed Bethany’s company or the way she’d treated his little sister. The advantage of having his sister along was he could drop Bethany home first and avoid a goodbye hug or kiss at the door. “I shouldn’t say this, but she probably deserved whatever you did to annoy her.”

“Did you ever like her?”

“Not enough to ask her out a second time—so, no. I was spared two nights of conversations as deep and interesting as a mud puddle. I should probably thank you for your pranks.”

“She’s only a year older than Naomi and me, but she dressed much older. Her makeup was always so perfect. We tried to look like her and watched every makeup video on the internet.”

“Makeup is not the person.” He much preferred women with only the barest hint of extra color.

Greg pulled into the parking area and found a space. “Will you carry the picnic basket? I’ll bring the blanket and chairs.”

Josie grabbed the handles of the wicker basket. “A real basket? I thought it would be a reusable grocery bag.”

“You wound me. Nothing less than the real thing.

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