Where I Belong by Charlene Bright

Author:Charlene Bright
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

CHAPTER ELEVEN

For the next week, Drake kept his promise and Sophie stayed so busy that the only time she really suffered for it was late at night while she lay in bed and remembered that kiss. She got the website up and running thanks to a good photographer and a lot of computer work her mom did for her. Brenda’s ankle was definitely broken, and Brooke had cast it and given her strict orders to keep off of it. She spent her time doing things inside the house that she could do sitting down.

Meanwhile, Sophie finished furnishing the rooms and stocking the linen closets. She made soaps and arranged them in lovely baskets to leave in each of the rooms. She also planted a small garden with Drake’s help, and slowly but surely she could see it all coming together.

She was almost giddy on Friday afternoon when she got her first reservation for the weekend of the Harvest Festival. She ran outside where Drake was working on the shadow boxes on the windows in the back of the house to share it with him.

“I have a reservation for two!” she squealed. He was up on a ladder and looked down at her and smiled.

“That’s great,” he said. It was the first time she’d really looked at him today. His eyes were bloodshot, and he actually had dark circles underneath his pretty eyes.

“Are you okay?”

“Me? Yeah, I’m great. I’m happy for you.”

“Will you come down here and talk to me?”

“I’m working, boss.”

“Drake … just for a second, please.”

With a sigh, he sat his bucket and brush down on the window ledge and climbed down. He pulled off his leather gloves and said, “What’s up?”

“You look exhausted. Have you been sleeping?”

He smiled and said, “When I’m not thinking about you.”

“Drake, I’m serious.”

“So am I.”

She smiled in spite of herself. “Well, that’s good to know because you’ve kept me awake a few nights yourself. But really … why do you look so exhausted? Am I working you too hard?”

“No, not at all. I’ve just been kind of worried about Uncle Mac. Sam took the kits on Monday, and he hasn’t come out of the house all week. I take him dinner every night, but he rushes me out and I’m not even sure he’s eating. He doesn’t look good … I think he’s depressed.”

“Oh no! The poor thing. Mom said she called him on Wednesday. They were supposed to go to the library. She said he didn’t answer and never called her back.”

“I don’t know what to do. I thought about getting him a puppy or something, but I’m just afraid of making things worse. I feel terrible.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“It kind of feels like it is,” he said.

“Do you think he’d appreciate a visit from Mom?”

“I know that he talked all the way home Sunday about how much he enjoyed getting to know her … but honestly, I just don’t know. He’s been pretty gruff with me lately. I’d hate for him to be rude or something and hurt her feelings.

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