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“Juice? Since when?” I ask, amused by his selection.
“Yes, juice. For once, I don’t feel like I need coffee. After last night, I’m full of energy today.” He grins, placing a kiss on my knuckles before he lowers into his seat.
I give his fingers a squeeze, grinning right along with him.Yeah, last night was mind-blowing. I don’t quite feel like my regular old self, either. I feel reinvigorated, like I can do just about anything. Too bad I know that’s not true.
I back away from Davis, going off to help Rainbow set out the rest of the food and drinks. After that, we all gather around their table to say grace and enjoy another meal together.
Today, I’m in such a great mood that I don’t even mind listening to the couple’s quirky conversations. It’s like ‘dinner and a show’.People pay good money for this sort of entertainment.
Rainbow starts telling us about the ‘special’ playing cards she bought for Jimmy’s last birthday.
“You know what? We should play cards after breakfast,” she suggests, eyeballing her husband with way too much enthusiasm. “What do ya say?”
I don’t even want to know what she’s doing with her arm under the table near her man. Lordy—this is too much.
“Now, Rainbow,” the lumberjack scolds. “You know we’re not about to play cards with that deck of fifty-two kama sutra positions with these kids.”
I look at Davis. He looks at me. Our eyes bulge.
Oh boy.I didn’t realize it would be like ‘dinner and anx-ratedshow’!
Jimmy and Rainbow are the cutest freaking couple. I love that they don’t shy away from displaying their love for each other. Their whole hippie lifestyle on the edge of the woods may not be for me, but these two are true relationship goals in every other sense of the word.
She flashes a grin around the table. “Don’t be coy, sweetheart. We’re all adults here.” Her eyelashes bat at her husband. “Besides, youdidlike that one position, right? Don’t lie.”
“Which one?” Jimmy asks curiously.
Rainbow taps her chin. “Hmm. The three of spades? Oh, oh. No, the nine of diamonds.” She fans herself, while Jimmy clears his throat and readjusts in his seat.
Oh my god—the hard-shelled old lumberjack is getting hot and bothered. Oh my god!
Luckily, Jimmy saves us all. He lowers his voice, but not low enough. “Rainbow,” he sternly warns his giggly wife. “Save that for tonight after the bonfire. When I get you alone.”
I try—and fail—to keep a straight face. But I start snickering. Davis kicks me under the table. I kick him back. And then he’s snickering, too. When Jimmy and Rainbow catch on, the entire table dissolves into hysterics.
I hurry to change the subject before Rainbow brings us back to the topic of her sexy playing cards. “I’ll sure miss these nice meals when we get out of here,” I say, offering our hostess a smile. “Running a busy clinic often means I’m scarfing down granola bars on the go, in between appointments. You’re spoiling me.”
“And it’s my absolute pleasure,” she says, heaping a second serving of breakfast potatoes onto my plate. “The two of you showed up here looking like you definitely needed a getaway together. Now look at you just a few days later. The picture of perfect bliss.” Her eyes dart between my ex-husband and me. “May this happiness follow you back home when you leave here.”
My stomach flips like a sad, broken pancake when Rainbow mentions life after we leave this cabin. A surge of anxiety shoots through my system whenever I think about the future. Because my future doesn’t include the ex-husband I so clearly still love.
I zone out for a bit while Rainbow happily rambles on. Sneaking a glance at Davis, I see him uncomfortably pushing his food around his plate.
Beside me, his jaw ticks and I can only assume he’s having thoughts similar to mine. “So, the sheriff’s department,” he awkwardly changes the subject, his mood suddenly gloomy again. “Do you think it’s open yet?”
“No harm in checking!” Rainbow hops up, grabs the landline phone and hands it to her husband, so he can make the call.
Over speakerphone, I hear the sheriff tell Jimmy that the road is still blocked and that they’restillwaiting to get their hands on the right equipment to clear the debris.
At this point, I can’t even say I’m surprised.
Upon hearing the unfavorable update, Davis turns to me, his expression distraught. “I guess we’ll be around for that bonfire after all.”
I push out a heaving exhale. “I guess so.”
With the lack of equipment and the mess the town is in, I’m slowly losing all hope of making it to my best friend’s wedding at all.
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