Summer in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk

Author:Cindy Kirk
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781503934641
Published: 2016-06-27T18:30:00+00:00

The next morning Prim rose at six. By seven thirty she’d fed the boys and done two loads of laundry. Her phone rang just as she emptied the dryer the second time. She set the laundry basket on the table and pulled out her phone, smiling when she saw the readout. “Morning, Dad. You’re up early.”

“Hello, sweetheart.” Brimming with warmth and affection, her father’s voice never failed to brighten her day. “How’s my girl?”

“Doing well.” She put the phone between her ear and shoulder and pulled out a handful of socks and underpants. “Just trying to get some things caught up around the house before our trip to Appleton.”

“That’s right, I forgot the boys will be spending some time with Deb and Mike.” There was a pause on the other end of the line. “All the more reason for a fishing day with Grandpa.”

“Excuse me?” Prim dropped the socks she’d just rolled into a ball, then picked up two more.

“I’d like to take my grandsons fishing today, if that’s okay with you.”

“They’d love it.” Another ball of socks hit the tabletop. “When do you want to pick them up?”

“Have they eaten breakfast?”

“Just finished.”

“I can be there in five minutes.”

“Five minutes?” Prim turned and glanced out the sliding glass door to where the boys played in the backyard.

“I’m just down the block.”

“Ah, sure, I’ll get them ready.”

Within fifteen minutes, the boys were strapped in their car seats and headed toward Egg Harbor Marina.

During her years with Rory, Prim had learned to go with the flow. Besides, what her father said when he arrived made sense. Summer wouldn’t last forever. All too soon he’d be back teaching in the classroom, and the time he could spend with the twins would be more limited.

Prim had never enjoyed fishing, not even as a kid. Surprisingly, it had been her sister Delphinium, the most girlie of the four, who’d been their dad’s fishing buddy. With Fin now in LA, her boys appeared to be taking on that role.

As the taillights of her dad’s car disappeared around the corner, Prim considered her options. She could finish the laundry and clean the house. Perhaps give Boris a bath. She grimaced at the thought of manhandling the hundred-pound wolfhound by herself.

Or she could enjoy a latte and a Danish at a wonderful coffee shop downtown that just happened to be owned by her eldest sister. After closing up the house, Prim stepped out into the bright summer sunshine. She’d nearly reached her car when she heard her name.

“Hey, neighbor.” Max crossed his lawn in several long strides. “Aren’t you forgetting something?”

“What would that be?” Despite the thousand butterflies beating their wings against her throat, her voice remained calm.

“They’re about this high.” Max held a hand about four feet from the ground. “They have red hair and like bugs and baseball.”

“I think I know the two.” She couldn’t keep from smiling. “Callum and Connor just left. They’re spending the day fishing with my dad.”

“I knew it.” Max lifted his hands, let them fall.

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