Page 482 of Small Town Firsts
Danny turned around, a smile brightening his face. There had been a lot more of those these days too. After seeing thefamily band around him, Danny had busted out of his shell soon after.
“It looks awesome,” I told him.
“Thanks. Your Saturn is my favorite.” He gave me a quick hug. “Then there’s a new Pluto. It fell off on the ride over.”
I laughed. “Dad fixed it?”
He nodded. “He found a marble that was perfect.”
“Look at that. Way to go, Dad.” I went onto my toes and kissed him. “Our hero.”
Sully grinned. “Why don’t you go check out your friends projects before the teachers come around to score you.”
“Okay!” He took off and ran right to another boy in his class.
“He’s finally making friends.”
“Yeah. Jefferson is just as into space stuff as he is.”
“Two peas.” I leaned against him, looking around at the kids. A girl with blond crooked pigtails was fixing her colorful version of the elemental table.
“Bet our kid would look just like her.”
I straightened. “Were you reading my mind?”
He laced his fingers behind my back. “Maybe.”
I narrowed my eyes at him. “Hmm.” Before I could say anything else, one of the teachers called out for the kids to get to their places.
It was an eternal hour of Danny fidgeting while he waited for the teachers to walk around, then another for his scores. Not that he needed to worry, he got second place. The girl with the elemental table had poured each one in resin—she definitely deserved to win.
But seeing Danny getting his ribbon and his dad’s delighted proud smile made up for the long evening. I frowned when I noticed Sully checking the clock on the wall quite a few times.
Then he was whispering something to Danny.
I hoped he didn’t have to go back to work. We were well into June, and the jobs were still coming in like gangbusters. It didn’t hurt that I kept his social media accounts alive with a few more videos of his rather studly brothers while they worked.
Cash and Kai were working out to show off their buff bodies. On the other hand, Sully didn’t mind getting the spotlight off his abs.
I was just fine with enjoying them all to myself.
Suddenly, a murmur worked its way through the crowd of teachers and parents. I glanced around, surprised people were pulling out their phones.
I figured they’d be trying to get the heck out of there. There was a chocolate and vanilla twist cone with my name on it over at Frozen Alchemy.
Instead of getting the crowd moving, there were more people talking and showing off something on their phones. I glanced around, but I didn’t see Sully.
Where the heck had he gone?
And why did it feel like everyone was looking at me?
I glanced around and saw smiles on so many faces. “What?”
Chief Olsen parted the crowd and zeroed in on me. “Oh my God. Did you see this?” Parker dragged me away from people to the checkout desk and handed me her phone.
“What is going on?”
“Just watch.”
