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“It’s amazing!” Lucas and I replied at the same time.
“Ma is good in the kitchen.”
I nodded. “I’ll say.”
A few more people walked into the pub, and I saw the excitement on Benny’s face. Lucas dove back into his food while I watched Benny interact with his customers. They were a bit older than me, though not by much. One was in a suit, the other dressed more casually. As they ordered lunch, Benny poured them each a beer. There was clearly an art to pouring a pint of Guinness, Ireland’s most popular beer.
After placing the pints down for the two gentlemen, Benny slipped into the kitchen and quickly came back out with two plates and bread. The three of them were soon lost in conversation.
“The one thing you’ll notice in Ireland: they love to chat. That’s what’s so great about the local pubs,” Lucas stated.
“Are there any other pubs in this little town?” I asked.
He nodded as he chewed. “Down the road about a mile or so. But Benny’s is right here on Main Street, so it’s generally considered the local pub.”
“What would he do if it closed?”
Turning to look at Benny, Lucas shrugged. “I don’t know. I’d hate to think of him having to sell this place since it’s been in his family for so long.”
I chewed on my lip before I went back to my lunch. My mind started to race, and I made a mental note to call my sister Sarah. She’d know the best spell to put on the pub so we could help out Benny.
Lucas
After spending nearly all afternoon and night in bed with Hollie, I hated to leave the next morning. But I needed to get to the dig site; I had a lot of catching up to do since I’d been gone most of yesterday. Missing work had been worth it, though. Hollie’s surprise…her two surprises…still had me feeling like I was walking on cloud nine.
Leaning down, I kissed Hollie gently on the forehead. “Hollie, I’m leaving for work.”
She grunted something that sounded likeI love youandhave a good day.
I grabbed an apple and a protein bar and made my way to the dig site. Once I was there, Ryan and Matt caught me up everything that had happened yesterday. They’d found the corner of what appeared to be the stone base of a building. It was another exciting discovery, and I quickly jumped into action.
“You’ve documented the find in the notebook? And you took photos?” I asked Ryan.
He nodded. “This isn’t my first dig site, Lucas.”
Smiling, I replied, “I know, sorry.”
“How was your time with the missus?” Matt asked. His Irish accent was so thick that I constantly ended up staring at him in confusion because I couldn’t understand half the shit he said.
“My missus?”
“Your future wife, your girlfriend.”
“Oh! Right. It was great. Took her to O’Brien’s for lunch. She loved it. Wanted to go back for dinner as well, but we were busy catching up on lost time.”
Both men laughed. “I bet ya were. Will she be staying in Ireland with ya then?” Matt inquired.
I nodded. “She will. She also gave me some great news.”
The sound of someone gasping had the three of us looking down at something one of the student archeologists was working on.
“What is that?” Ryan asked, bending down to take a closer look at the ground. Matt and I followed.
“She’s pregnant,” I said as I narrowed my eyes to look closer at the object slowly emerging from under hundreds of years of dirt.
“No shite.” Matt gave me a slap on the back. “Congratulations.”
Ryan turned and looked at me, his hand outstretched. “That’s great, Lucas. Congratulations.”
