Ruby wipes her eyes and blows her nose. “Hanna’s school ends in about an hour. Should we pick her up and do a picnic lunch?” Nodding her head up and down, Em says, “Good idea. She’d love that. We can go to the park with the ducks so that once we’re done eating, she can …
Ruby snorts, “I don’t believe you. You aren’t meeting my eyes, which is always a sign that you aren’t being honest. C’mon, spill it.” Blowing air out through pursed lips and adding an eye roll, “So I might have met this guy, but it isn’t like you think. He isn’t the type of guy who’d …
Her heart lighter than it has been in a year, Em looks at Hanna, “Let’s go downstairs and get breakfast ready. I’m thinking Mommy will join us.” Placing Gabriel in his high chair, she puts a handful of dry cereal on his tray. “Hanna, what do you feel like for breakfast this morning?” “Animal pancakes …
Beep. Beep. Em opens her eyes. She’s back home. The ocean sounds are her night sounds, and she is not sitting on the boardwalk gazing into warm brown eyes belonging to Preach. Beep. Beep. Grabbing her phone, she silences the alarm and wishes she had just another hour of sleep. Swinging her legs over the …
