Page 29 of In this Moment

Chapter Seven

Jonah was so excited to go mini golfing with his father, that by the time the next afternoon rolled around, Evie was almost happy when Tony came to pick himup.

Almost.

Her gut tightened the minute she saw Tony’s car pull up, but the feeling only increased when she saw the look on Tony’s face as he walked toward the house.

Something wasup.

If he was cancelling on his son, Evie was going to lose it. Jonah was way too excited to spend time with his dad. If Tony was cancelling, it would break his heart.

“What’s going on, Tony?” she asked the moment she opened thedoor.

“It’s nice to see you, too, Evie.” Tony smirked and she had to swallow back the urge to say something she’d likely regret. Instead, she put her hands on her hips and tilted her head, waiting for what she knew was going tocome.

She didn’t have to wait long. “There’s been a change of plans for tonight.”

“You can’t do this, Tony.” She dropped her arms in exasperation. “Jonah has been looking forward to this all day. You can’t just make plans and then cancel them last minute. Do you have any idea what that will do to him? You have some nerve coming back into his life, just to flake off whenever something else comes up.” She shook her head. “What am I supposed to tell him, Tony? Am I supposedto—”

“Whoa.” Tony held his hands up to stop her. “Have you been storing that up for a while?” He chuckled, which only had the effect of her wanting to smack him across the face. “I never said I was cancelling on Jonah. In fact, I want to do the exact opposite.”

“What?” She wrapped her arms around her waist again. “You want towhat?”

“I want to do the opposite.” Tony grinned again.

Damn, she hated thatgrin.

“I was thinking that after mini golf we could grab a bite to eat and I heard they’re playing a movie in the park tonight. Cool, right? I mean, they’re doing it down by the gazebo. Right outside.”

Evie knew all about Pictures in the Park. She’d been taking Jonah since he was little.

“The movie doesn’t start until the sun goes down. It will be late by the time it’sdone.”

“Exactly.”

She raised her eyebrows at him, unsure of what he was upto.

“So Lauren and I were thinking he could just spend the night withus.”

Lauren. Of course it wouldn’t be Tony’sidea.

“The night? I don’t know about—”

“We’re staying at the Springs, so in the morning we could go swimming in the pools. Have you been? They’re really cool. I think Jonah would likethem.”

Of course she hadn’t been to the Springs. Besides a ladies’ night dinner a few months back. But she’d never been to the pools. It wasn’t really in her budget, even if she did have extra time to get up there.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea, Tony.”

“What’s not a good idea?” Jonah slipped into the hallway next toher.

“What do you think of spending the night at the Springs with us?” Tony asked before Evie could say anything.

“The Springs?”

“Yeah. We could go swimming in the morningand—”

“Cool!”

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