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“I believe he is. He apologized for the trouble he caused you. I told him he needed to apologize to you. But, between all of us, if he does, please give him a chance. It won’t be easy for him to do.”
“I understand.”
Tate kissed Lara on the forehead, and he grinned.
The buzzer at the gate rang and Tate stood to answer it. He came back a few seconds later. “Everyone hang onto your hats, Shianne is back.”
Lara grinned at Elena and he made a mental note to ask her how her afternoon had been.
Shianne burst through the front door and the rattle and crumpling of bags filled the air. “I could use some help.” She called out and Lara went out to help her.
Henry stood. “I’ve got things to do.”
Maya shook her head. “Chicken.”
“Whatever.”
Spencer stood. “I’m out of here too. Good luck ladies,” he said to Elena and Grace, and Aidyn stood too.
Elena grabbed his arm. “No. You need to stay with me.”
He chuckled. “I was just going to get a beer.”
Spencer stopped. “I’ll take one too.”
“Tate?”
“Yeah. This is a beer kind of Saturday night.”
Adelaide stood, “I’m pouring a glass of wine. I’ll see if Maya wants one. Elena how about you? Grace?”
Elena looked at her mom, then Adelaide. “I’ve...we’ve never had wine.”
“Mmm, okay then, let’s do this. Besides,” she thumbed over her shoulder, “You’ll need it.”
Adelaide left the room for a minute and Elena looked up at him. “What is it?”
“It’s fermented grapes. You should only sip it. You can get drunk very fast on it. You’re slight and never had it before, so it might hit you fast.”
“Oh. Maybe I shouldn’t...”
“I’ll be here with you and you’re safe here, sweetie.”
He gave her a quick kiss then went to get everyone beers.
Shianne had the bags in the living room, and they made their way in there as she began pulling clothing out of bag after bag. Elena sat stiffly as Shianne first held up the various blouses and jeans and slacks for everyone to see, then piled them on either Elena’s lap or Grace’s. After all was unbagged, Shianne had three smaller shopping bags with handles and held them up. “These are unmentionables. I’ll just set them here for you.” And set two at Elena’s feet and one at Grace’s.
Elena looked into her bag and closed it quickly. Her cheeks turned the cutest shade of red and he grinned at her. She looked at him, embarrassment written on her face. “I didn’t know what unmentionables were.”
He winked at her. “You can show me later.”
Her hands flew to her face, and he pulled her into his side and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
“Finally.” Shianne announced. “I got you each a dress. You may go out on the town some time or need it for a special occasion. These two are on me and from my shop.”
She picked up two hangers with white plastic bags over them. Divine Designs was written on the bags. The first one was a pretty black dress with an embellishment around the neckline. She carried it to Grace. “I just know this will look stunning on you.”
Grace’s eyes filled with tears as she looked at the dress in her hands. She felt the material between her fingers and a small sob escaped her throat. “Oh, Shianne, this is simply stunning.” Grace stood and hugged Shianne.
