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recently?”
“ Just this morning, Katie got quite a haul.”
“ Any of my favorites?”
Both girls inherited a love of books from their parents, and Katie was always asking someone to read to her. Jack was happy to oblige whenever she asked him, but Dr. Seuss was his favorite.
“ You know Sara, she always grabs Katie at least a couple of those.”
Sara liked helping Lee pick out books for Katie. Whenever she came across a title she remembered liking when she was younger, she was always excited to show it to her sister. Sometimes they would sit down right there on the library’s floor and start to read it.
“ I better go stir the chili,” Lee said. She picked up the empty bowl of guacamole. “I can make some more of this too.”
“ In that case, I’ll join you.”
They went into the kitchen. Lee uncovered the green chili and stirred it.
“ That smells even better than it did before,” Jack said.
“ That’s the liquor talking.”
“ Are you suggesting I’m drunk?”
“ No, I’m suggesting the alcohol made you hungry. Everything smells better when you’re hungry.”
“ Good point, should I make another pitcher so we can be ravenous?”
“ Sure, we have plenty of food.”
Jack went to the counter and grabbed the bottles of tequila and Grand Marnier. He moved them to the island next to Lee who was preparing more guacamole. He got the mango out of the refrigerator and placed it on the island with the alcohol.
Just as he started to walk around Lee so he could retrieve the blender from the rack next to the sink, she turned to go to the refrigerator. They bumped into each other and started laughing.
They each tried to maneuver around the other, but they kept moving in the same direction, blocking each other’s way. They laughed harder.
“ Maybe we shouldn’t have another pitcher after all,” Lee said.
Jack grabbed her by the shoulders.
“ Now you hold still,” he said.
He started toward his left, around her right side, but when he got close to her, he stopped. Lee looked up at him.
“ What’s wrong? I’m holding still.”
Jack stared down at her. “I know.”
Instead of letting go of her shoulders and moving around her, Jack leaned down and kissed her.
Chapter 4 - Sara
At the anniversary party, Katie returned to their table with a plateful of food and took her seat on David’s right-hand side. Sara was on David’s left. Lee and Jack sat at the other end of the table and chatted with a guest who stood in between them.
David picked up his silverware and started to eat in a halfhearted manner with his eyes directed at his food and his mind somewhere else entirely. Katie peeked at his plate.
“ So how’s the chicken kiev?” she asked. She had opted for the grilled salmon herself.
David glanced at her. “It’s ok, I guess.” His eyes slid back to his food.
Katie raised her eyebrows and looked over David’s bent head at Sara. Sara gave a slight shrug and turned away.
Oh boy, it was going to be a really long dinner. This evening would be so much easier to get through if Emily were here. Besides being great company, Emily possessed a knack for reviving lackluster conversations whereas Katie’s only idea for smoothing things over was to utilize the bar. She stood up.
“ I’m getting another cosmo,” she said to Sara. “You want one?”
Sara gave her an energetic nod. God yes!
“ David,” Katie said. “Want anything?”
David just shook his head.
Yeah, come to think of it, maybe she’d get a double.
~
As soon as the caterers cleared their dinner plates, Sara left the table and made her way to her mother’s rose garden in order to escape David’s brooding. She wandered along the garden’s meandering path and contemplated what would happen if she told her husband about Brian. David knew Sara dated Brian in high school, but that was all he knew. Would she be able to justify why she never told him the entire story? Would he be able to understand and move
“ Just this morning, Katie got quite a haul.”
“ Any of my favorites?”
Both girls inherited a love of books from their parents, and Katie was always asking someone to read to her. Jack was happy to oblige whenever she asked him, but Dr. Seuss was his favorite.
“ You know Sara, she always grabs Katie at least a couple of those.”
Sara liked helping Lee pick out books for Katie. Whenever she came across a title she remembered liking when she was younger, she was always excited to show it to her sister. Sometimes they would sit down right there on the library’s floor and start to read it.
“ I better go stir the chili,” Lee said. She picked up the empty bowl of guacamole. “I can make some more of this too.”
“ In that case, I’ll join you.”
They went into the kitchen. Lee uncovered the green chili and stirred it.
“ That smells even better than it did before,” Jack said.
“ That’s the liquor talking.”
“ Are you suggesting I’m drunk?”
“ No, I’m suggesting the alcohol made you hungry. Everything smells better when you’re hungry.”
“ Good point, should I make another pitcher so we can be ravenous?”
“ Sure, we have plenty of food.”
Jack went to the counter and grabbed the bottles of tequila and Grand Marnier. He moved them to the island next to Lee who was preparing more guacamole. He got the mango out of the refrigerator and placed it on the island with the alcohol.
Just as he started to walk around Lee so he could retrieve the blender from the rack next to the sink, she turned to go to the refrigerator. They bumped into each other and started laughing.
They each tried to maneuver around the other, but they kept moving in the same direction, blocking each other’s way. They laughed harder.
“ Maybe we shouldn’t have another pitcher after all,” Lee said.
Jack grabbed her by the shoulders.
“ Now you hold still,” he said.
He started toward his left, around her right side, but when he got close to her, he stopped. Lee looked up at him.
“ What’s wrong? I’m holding still.”
Jack stared down at her. “I know.”
Instead of letting go of her shoulders and moving around her, Jack leaned down and kissed her.
Chapter 4 - Sara
At the anniversary party, Katie returned to their table with a plateful of food and took her seat on David’s right-hand side. Sara was on David’s left. Lee and Jack sat at the other end of the table and chatted with a guest who stood in between them.
David picked up his silverware and started to eat in a halfhearted manner with his eyes directed at his food and his mind somewhere else entirely. Katie peeked at his plate.
“ So how’s the chicken kiev?” she asked. She had opted for the grilled salmon herself.
David glanced at her. “It’s ok, I guess.” His eyes slid back to his food.
Katie raised her eyebrows and looked over David’s bent head at Sara. Sara gave a slight shrug and turned away.
Oh boy, it was going to be a really long dinner. This evening would be so much easier to get through if Emily were here. Besides being great company, Emily possessed a knack for reviving lackluster conversations whereas Katie’s only idea for smoothing things over was to utilize the bar. She stood up.
“ I’m getting another cosmo,” she said to Sara. “You want one?”
Sara gave her an energetic nod. God yes!
“ David,” Katie said. “Want anything?”
David just shook his head.
Yeah, come to think of it, maybe she’d get a double.
~
As soon as the caterers cleared their dinner plates, Sara left the table and made her way to her mother’s rose garden in order to escape David’s brooding. She wandered along the garden’s meandering path and contemplated what would happen if she told her husband about Brian. David knew Sara dated Brian in high school, but that was all he knew. Would she be able to justify why she never told him the entire story? Would he be able to understand and move
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