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Eden would know since she’s an expert when it comes to plants. She owns the plant store,Eden’s Garden,in town. In addition to selling plants, she has a big garden behind the store where she grows the plants as well as hops for the brewery.
“Here,” Ashlyn says as she offers her baby to Soleil. “You can hold Patience.”
Soleil reaches for the baby but sniffs and retreats. “She needs a change. You’re seriously going to hand me a baby who just crapped her pants?”
Ashlyn shrugs. “She craps her pants a lot. There’s a fifty-fifty chance anytime I hand you Patience, she has a dirty diaper.”
She stands. “I’ll go change her.” She pauses and raises an eyebrow at me. “Do you need another changing lesson?”
“I think the lesson I got the other night was quite sufficient, thank you.”
After Robin had her blowout in Elder’s truck, Ashlyn helped me clean her up and showed me how to change her diaper. In fact, she made me change her diaper again and again until I could do it with my eyes closed.
At the time, I was annoyed. Now, I understand since I’ve spent the past two nights doing diaper changes while half asleep.
When my stomach rumbles, Moon asks, “When was the last time you ate?”
“Um…” The last thing I remember eating is the chocolate chip cookies at the lawyer’s office yesterday. Surely, I must have eaten something since then.
Moon stands. “Good thing I came prepared.” She lifts a bag before heading toward the kitchen.
Moon is the owner of the diner in town, appropriately namedMoon’s Diner.Lucky for me, she never arrives at a friend’s house without provisions. My stomach rumbles again at the idea of eating whatever she prepared. The woman is an artist in the kitchen.
“How did yesterday go?” Eden asks.
I grunt. “Fine.”
She crosses her arms over her chest. “I’m dating the biggest grump in Winter Falls. I know when a grunt means ‘not fine’.”
“I thought Miller wasn’t a grump anymore since you’ve tamed him.”
She wiggles her eyebrows. “I enjoy it when he’s grumpy.”
Moon groans as she returns carrying a tray loaded with food. “Don’t tell me. I don’t want to know what my brother likes in bed.”
Eden bumps Moon’s hip. “He’s not your brother. He’s the brother of the man you’re living with.”
Moon is dating Riley who is the younger brother of Miller and Elder. There are five brothers in all. Damon is the oldest and the only one who didn’t move to Winter Falls when Elder and Miller discovered they have a half-brother in town. After Damon comes Miller and Elder who are fraternal twins. Last are Riley and Brody who are identical twins.
I sigh. “I wish the Bragg brothers never moved to town.”
Eden wags her finger at me. “Don’t you lie. You want to be a member of the sisterhood of the Bragg brothers, and you know it.”
“The sisterhood of the Bragg brothers?”
“Yep,” Moon agrees as she sets the platter of food on the coffee table. “You’ll be a member as soon as you give in to Elder.”
“I’m not giving in to Elder. I don’t have time for a relationship. I have a baby to raise.”
“Oh please.” Ashlyn rolls her eyes as she returns to the room with a freshly diapered Patience. “I am a successful business owner, wife, and mother, and I still had time to come here today to get the scoop on you and Elder.”
I wish I could say Ashlyn’s lying. But she’s not. In addition to being a well-known audiobook narrator, she ownsBertie’s Recording Studio.Thanks to her husband’s connections – Rowan was an NFL quarterback – the waiting list to record at her studios is over a year long.
My stomach rumbles again and I use the excuse to change the topic. “What did you make for us, Moon?”
She hands me a napkin and a plate. “I didn’t have much time to prepare since someone,” she glares at Ashlyn, “didn’t warn me about today’s visit.”
I fill up my plate with caprese skewers, pita bread with tzatziki sauce, and bruschetta. Despite not having time to prepare, everything looks delicious.
