Turnabout's Fair Play by Kaye Dacus

Author:Kaye Dacus [Dacus, Kaye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-60742-564-9
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

He’d done it. He’d had another normal conversation with Flannery. Well…normal by their standards.

Jamie wanted to copy his grandmother’s actions from before the worship service had started earlier. He wanted to look over his shoulder to see if Flannery was still at the back of the room. Bobby had insisted on moving over and inviting Jamie to sit with them—so he knew he’d see Flannery when she joined them on the other side of Zarah. But what was taking so long?

Was she back to trying to avoid him? At least he hadn’t lost his cool and babbled inanely at her this morning. What’s more, if that gray hair comment hadn’t been directed at him, he would have found it uproariously funny. She was right, even though she hadn’t said it in so many words. He’d noticed gray hairs growing in the predominantly dark beard, and he feared it would make him look even older. Maybe he needed some of that men’s hair color that worked on both head hair and facial hair. Or was there a separate product for each? He needed to pay more attention to the commercials.

Everyone bowed their heads—no, he needed to pay more attention to Sunday school. He bowed and listened to the prayer for people he didn’t know, requests they’d just spent the last ten minutes listening to.

He prayed his own prayer once again about direction and figuring out what to do next as far as making a decision between working and school. Or between finding a job here, going to school here, or moving to Utah and working for his stepfather while he tried to figure out the rest.

Flannery finally came around and sat on the other side of Zarah. Just two people away, yet it seemed a chasm separated them. And he really wanted to figure out how to bridge the gap. Because the more he saw of her—and the more he stayed in his non-freaked-out-dork state around her—the more he saw glimpses of the Flannery who wasn’t all prickles and attitude. That was the Flannery he wanted to get to know better. The Flannery who gave a funny toast at her best friend’s wedding. The Flannery who had seen his need and done what she could to help him—and taken no credit for it.

After Sunday school, Bobby invited Jamie to sit with them in the church service.

“I went to the early service with my grandmother, and now we’re going out for brunch. Maybe next time.” He met a few other people but wanted to catch Flannery before she left.

Foiled, he promised himself that next week he’d plan to stay for the late service and not let her out of his sight.

He met his grandmother down at his car and opened the door for her.

Before getting in, she laid her hand on top of his on the top of the door. “I hope you don’t mind, but I invited Kirby McNeill to join us for brunch.”

Mind? With the way her eyes sparkled and her smile broadened whenever she mentioned the man’s name? “I don’t mind at all.

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