Page 55 of The Story of Us
Jamie jumped up and down like a kid on Christmas morning. She just couldn’t help it.
Lucy pointed a finger at her. “You cannot say anything!”
She couldn’t be serious.
“But I want to…” Jamie flailed a hand toward Rick’s booth.
“No,” Lucy hissed.
This wasnothappening. How many more Valentine’s Days was Jamie going to have to watch those two pine silently for one another? “It’s just—”
It’s just that I know he feels the same way about you!
“Uh-uh,” Lucy shook her head.
“I think—”
“I said no.”
“But—” Jamie was on the verge of all-out begging now.
“I said no!” Lucy hissed, then she turned to face a young woman approaching the True Love Booth. “Oh, hello. A customer.”
Jamie refused to be so easily dissuaded. Lucy and Rick clearly belonged together. She knew it, Lucy knew it and Rick knew it. Fortunately, there was one other person who knew it, too.
And he just might be able to help Jamie get this romance going in time for Valentine’s Day…
After helping Rick with a few things at the booth, Sawyer made his way to the Ridley coffee and hot chocolate cart. Considering this was Ridley’s first appearance at the Fire and Ice Festival, he was thrilled that he’d managed to snag a decent spot, almost in the center of the town square. He and his barista passed out hot beverages and chocolate dipped strawberries while beside them, a sequins-clad twirler spun a flaming baton.
He’d be lying if he said he didn’t sneak a glance at Jamie now and then, even though the idea that he might spot Matt over at the True Love Books booth made him grit his teeth. He had to do something; either step aside or make a real move. Maybe even ask Jamie out on an actual date for Valentine’s Day.
Sawyer tried to formulate some kind of game plan, but he grew a little panicky when his gaze drifted over to Jamie’s booth and he realized Lucy was handling things solo. Jamie was nowhere to be seen. He tried not to imagine her on a moonlight stroll somewhere with Matt while someone dressed up as Cupid shot flaming arrows over their heads. The image planted itself in his mind though, and he couldn’t shake it. Not even as he supplied Beth from the hobby shop with a steady stream of caffeine and did his best to talk her into signing a contract with Ridley.
But then somewhere over Beth’s shoulder, he finally spotted Jamie again, waving and trying to get his attention.
Dare he think it?This seems promising.
He excused himself from the discussion with Beth and made his way toward Jamie, who seemed to vibrate with intensity the closer he got. He wasn’t sure whether that was good or bad, but he couldn’t postpone the Matt discussion forever.
“Hey, yeah.” He smiled at her. She was so beautiful in the darkness, all windswept hair and eyes lit up like sparklers.
“We have to do something,” she said.
Agreed.
But what?
“About Matt?” Sawyer nodded. “I think we should just…”
Send him packing.
He couldn’t say it, obviously…but he wanted to. Oh, how he wanted to…
Jamie held up a hand. “About Lucy.”
“Lucy?” he echoed.
“Lucy.” Jamie’s upturned face split into a giddy grin. “Lucy likes Rick.”
