The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang

Author:Maureen Lang
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian, General Fiction
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

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Talie opened the door, having been watching out the window for her sister’s car. “Thanks for coming on such short notice.”

“I’m not teaching summer school this year, so it was no problem,” Dana said. “What’s up?”

“Nothing’s up,” Talie said as she grabbed her purse. “I just need to run a few errands. Do you have anything on your agenda tonight? a time you need to leave by?”

“Middle of the workweek for Aidan. Nondate night,” Dana said, adding, “but I thought you could feed me at least.”

Dana’s gentle humor registered somewhere in Talie’s mind, but she couldn’t even muster a smile. “Sure, yeah. I was planning to stop by the grocery store anyway.”

“Okay. How about filet mignon then?”

“Funny,” she said, knowing her mood didn’t match the word or the humor Dana was obviously trying to provide. “I’ll be back in a couple of hours.”

“Hey . . . what’s wrong?”

“Nothing, just busy. Gotta go.”

“Do you want me to wake Ben up at a certain time?”

“Oh! Yes, in about a half hour or I’ll never get him to bed tonight.”

Talie turned toward the door leading to the garage, but Dana touched her arm. “Are you sure everything is okay?”

“Of course. What could be wrong?”

“I don’t know. Is everything all right with . . . you know, the new baby? What kind of errand are you running? Going to the doctor?”

Talie shook her head and forced a smile. She knew it was that same fake gesture she gave when their mom asked if she could bring sweet potatoes to Thanksgiving dinner. Only their mom and Luke liked them.

“Okay,” Dana said slowly, “then are you going to the dentist for a root canal or what?”

There. Almost a real smile. “Just tired, I guess. Ben was up at two this morning, ready to go for the day. I didn’t get him back to bed until after five, and a half hour after that Luke’s alarm went off so I was up again.”

“Maybe you should take a nap and forget the errands.”

“No, no. I’m all right. I’ll see you later.”

Then Talie was out the door.

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