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“I don’t know, I don’t lip read. But usually when two women go off to a quiet corner for a chat, one of them’s got something on their mind—and I know there’s nothing going on with Laura. You haven’t screwed it all up already, have you? I was getting worried when you didn’t come in with the rest of them.”
Marcos smiled. Kenzie was brash, to say the least, but he liked having her in his corner. “No. I haven’t. We spent the afternoon together, and we had a good time.”
Kenzie waggled her eyebrows. “Did you take my advice then? Give her the best sex she’s ever had?”
He chuckled. “Not that part of your advice, no. It’s a little soon for that, but we did focus on having fun in the now instead of rehashing the past—mostly.”
Kenzie rolled her eyes.
“It’s okay. We talked about it and decided it’s better to just enjoy each other’s company for who we are now first—but she had some questions, and I wasn’t going to avoid them.”
“Oh, okay. Sounds like you’re doing good. You’d better get out there.”
He laughed. “I was on my way, till you called me over.”
“Yeah, sorry. Do you want a drink?”
“I’ll take an orange juice.”
“Still no wine?”
“No. I’m driving.”
Kenzie smiled. “Good man. You’ve got your chariot to whisk her away if the chance arises.”
He nodded. “Something like that.”
“There you are,” called Antonio as he approached the table. “I was starting to wonder what happened to you.”
Marcos smiled. “I had trouble finding a place to park.”
“You were lucky to find anything,” said Jack. “It’s crazy out there.”
“It is, even more than usual for a Thursday.”
“I thought it’d be quieter over here,” said Cameron. “There’s the wedding party and another big group over at the new lodge, but if anything, it’s busier here.”
Marcos smiled. “That’s because the wedding party is all here.”
“Not quite all,” said Chelsea. “Mom and Dad aren’t coming till morning and when do your folks get in?”
“They’re coming with your mom and dad,” said Antonio. “I spoke to them a little while ago, and they decided to drive out to Napa and fly up with them rather than drive all the way out here.”
Marcos nodded. He was looking forward to seeing his parents. He’d only been home for a couple of weekends in the last six months. Prior to that, he’d seem them almost daily.
“Are you going to sit down?” asked Chelsea.
Trust her to be the one to bring up the fact that he was still standing there, trying to figure out how he could get a seat close to Molly.
Laura smiled up at him. “Take my place. I need to go inside and have a word with Kenzie.”
“Thanks. I’ll move when you get back.” She got up, leaving the space next to Molly empty and he sat down beside her. He wasn’t sure how she was feeling about everything. Antonio showing up the way he had this afternoon had changed the course of their evening, he was sure. Up to that point, he would have guessed that they’d probably spend the night together. Antonio and his announcement that everyone was coming over here for dinner had changed that. Molly had seemed eager to join them, and he’d had to go back to the house to change. Now here they were, surrounded by more than a dozen people when all he wanted was to be alone with her again.
She smiled at him. “Glad you could make it.”
“I wouldn’t miss it.”
Chelsea leaned across Molly and looked him in the eye. “Would the pair of you quit lying? Why don’t you be honest and get out of here?”
