Sweet Georgia Peach by Amelia C. Adams

Author:Amelia C. Adams [Adams, Amelia C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Kade paid the bill for breakfast, then asked the doorman to hail a cab when they stepped outside. The Wren’s Nest was the home of Joel Chandler Harris, the man who had recorded the Br’er Rabbit stories, and the place was maintained to preserve the legacy of African-American folklore. He remembered his father telling him the story of Br’er Rabbit and the briar patch many times when he was a little boy, and he couldn’t believe that London had never visited this Atlanta landmark.

When he asked her, she said, “You know how it is when you live somewhere—you think you’ll get around to it because it’s right there. And then you end up never going.”

“Well, I’ve been there a couple of times, and it’s definitely something you don’t want to miss.”

“You don’t need to sound so scoldy. I said I’ve always wanted to go, right? And we’re going there now because I chose it, aren’t we?”

He grinned. “You’re right. I shouldn’t sound scoldy. Although, now who’s making up words?”

“It’s not illegal. And I should know, because I’m pre-law.”

The taxi pulled up at their destination, and Kade asked the driver to either meet them there in an hour or to send another car. He slipped an extra bill into the fee as an incentive, and the man smiled and promised that a car would be waiting. Then Kade and London walked up to the house and entered the world of Br’er Rabbit.

As they listened to the storyteller and walked around the property, Kade kept glancing at London’s face. He wanted to see her every reaction. This was an integral part of his childhood, this author and these stories, and he wanted to know if she appreciated what she was seeing and hearing. She seemed to be taking it all in, and she took several pictures with her phone. Whether she was really interested or just seeking to appease him, he didn’t know. That was one thing he hoped to find out by spending time with her—just how much did he really know about her?

The ride back to the shopping district was quiet. London scrolled through her pictures, smiling at one in particular.

“What?” Kade asked.

She handed him the phone. She’d taken a candid shot of him walking across the lawn while he was relating one of his favorite parts of the briar patch story, and he’d put his hands up on top of his head to imitate rabbit ears. “This is a very handsome picture of you, don’t you think? I’m sure my Facebook friends would love to see it.”

“No! Come on, London, you can’t post it.” He fumbled with the unfamiliar phone, looking for the delete button, and found it. “Ha!”

“Ha, nothing. I already emailed everything to myself. I have backups.”

“That’s just evil.”

“Is it evil to watch my back when I’m around you?”

He squirmed a little in his seat. “No, I guess not. Driver, this next corner is fine.”

London looked out the window as the car pulled to a stop. “This isn’t a clothes store.

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