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A giggle escaped her lips.“I was twenty-one when we divorced.We’d only been married a little over three years.Like I said, we never should have gotten married.”
“Why did you?”He was curious why she married so young.
Ellie glanced away and then back.“We were too young, not enough experience.I knew within days of us marrying, we shouldn’t have done it.”
“Yet you stayed together.”His parents had a long, loving marriage until his father died.Even now, his mother didn’t pressure him to marry.Date, yes, but not marry.
“We tried to make it work.We had different goals in life.”
He had a feeling there was more to it.Her body had gone stiff and her movements jerky.“Makes sense.Did you grow up here in Pleasant Valley?”
“Next town over, but I didn’t spend a lot of time in Pleasant Valley.What about you?”
“Yeah, born and raised here.My mom is living with my sister in Virginia.”
“That’s far.”She toyed with her fork.“What does your sister do in Virginia?”
“She works on Capitol Hill.”His sister had decided she could make changes from the inside rather than going into law enforcement.She was good at what she did.
“That’s nice.”Ellie sat back in her seat.“Why did you choose law enforcement?”
Logan suspected that was the question she wanted to ask first, but didn’t.“My father was in law enforcement as was my grandfather.”
“Family tradition?”
He shook his head.“Yes, but my parents let me know it was my choice what I wanted as a career.I like figuring out puzzles, and law enforcement was an opportunity to do that.Do you have any brothers or sisters?”
She lowered her lashes but not before he saw a flash of pain in her eyes.
“I had a brother.He died a few years ago.”
“I’m so sorry.”
“Thank you.It still hurts.”
“Were you close?”
Her lips turned up.“We drove my parents crazy.What I didn’t think up, Tommy did.”
“Sounds like me and my sister, even though there’s five years between us.”
“Tommy was three years older than me.”She let out a sigh.
“Why did you become a party planner?”He hated the sad look on her face.
“By accident.”Her features brightened.“I loved having parties when I was a kid.I’d work with my mom and plan everything out.After my divorce, I was at a loss what to do, and a friend asked me to plan her wedding shower.”
“I watched you at Sierra’s reception; you’re very good at what you do.”
Her cheeks pinkened again.“Thank you.I had fun with it.Some things were a little unconventional, but I kind of enjoy variety.”
Logan filed that away for future reference.He’d have to make sure and change things up regularly when they played.
“From what you told me of your schedule, you seem very busy.”
“It can be.Most of my business is word of mouth.I generally have at least a couple of birthday parties a week, be it adult or kids.”
“I know you do wedding receptions and bachelorette parties, what else?”
