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He left her to finish the cinnamon rolls all by herself, but now that he had perfected the dough, Hallie had no problem rolling it up and cutting it into smaller swirls.
It was kind of relaxing, pressing the knife into the soft dough to create beautiful spirals, and she felt more and more ready to take on what the day had in store.
Chapter 78: Hostilities
Luke was angry enoughto tell everyone what Terry had told him about Hallie’s shoplifting.He realized now it was probably true.She was an angry young woman, resentful of her family, and he could easily picture her doing some petty crime to blow off some steam.
He had had just about enough, and he wanted to let Terry proceed with her plan uninterrupted.
It was just as well that he ran into Terry in the hallway when he was on his way outside.
“Have you talked to her?”Her smile of anticipation seemed to say that she only expected good news.
Luke was not in the mood to indulge her.“I don’t want to be in the middle of this anymore,” he said, “You two sort it out between yourselves.”
“I take it your talk didn’t go well,” Terry called as he walked past her.“That’s okay, I didn’t really expect her to cooperate.”
Luke walked out onto the front porch, trying to find some relief in the fresh morning air.He wasn’t sure what to do anymore, but he decided to stay and let Terry’s plot reach its natural conclusion.If nothing else, he was curious about how it would all turn out.
But when everyone gathered at the breakfast table, Hallie wasn’t there.Luke suddenly noticed how ‘coupled up’ everyone was, except for him.
Gigi and Bob were really cute together as only old people can be.Bob grumbled about life, while Gigi grumbled about him.
Terry and Bill were making goo goo eyes at each other and holding hands.Even Vivian and Sam, though they were usually not love-dovey sometimes had a “secret” smile for each other that they probably thought no one else noticed.
Normally, Luke wasn’t bothered to be the only single in a room full of couples, but he didn’t just want to be coupled up; he wanted Hallie to be here.
He went upstairs to check her room, but it was empty.The disappointment must have shown on his face when he returned to the dining room.
“She’s gone for a ride,” Bill said, “I saw her down at the stables.”
“Well she chose a funny time to do it,” Vivian said.She looked over at Luke, as if knowing that their falling out must have had something to do with Hallie’s absence.
Luke felt a little relieved that she had just gone for a ride because he had started to get worried that she might have done something drastic after their latest talk, which was more like a fight.
He grew more ill at ease again when she didn’t show up for lunch.He kept glancing out the window to see if she was coming back.
