Ready for Marriage & a Family for Easter by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-12-19T18:38:00+00:00

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Later that Sunday afternoon, Eduardo pulled up in front of Fiona’s house, stopped the truck and waited. He knew exactly what his kids were going to say.

“That’s their house?” Sofia asked. “It looks like it’s from a movie!”

“It’s cool,” Diego said. “Is that where we’d live?”

“No. Mrs. Farmingham is looking to rent the carriage house, out back. I haven’t seen it, but I’m sure it’s nothing fancy.”

Diego shrugged, then poked his sister in the side. “C’mon, let’s go! There’s Ryan!”

“Wait.” Eduardo turned in his seat to face both of his kids. “We need to remember some things.”

“I know. Good manners.” Diego had his hand on the door handle.

“Like what?” he prompted.

“Wipe your feet, and say please and thank you, and be quiet inside the house.” Sofia recited the list with an eye roll that previewed the teen she would soon become.

“Good.” From the glove box, Eduardo pulled out two bags of mazapán, a round and chewy Mexican candy one of his aunts always sent them in quantity. He handed a bag to each child. “These are to share with everyone after we check with Mrs. Farmingham. She and I are going to be talking about work before we check out the carriage house, so I need you to be self-reliant. You can interrupt us if it’s an emergency.”

“Like fire or blood,” Diego said, and Eduardo let out a short laugh. He should never have said that to the kids, but one night when he’d been working on the books for his landscaping business, he’d ordered his whining kids to watch TV and only disturb him under those circumstances.

Of course, that’s what they remembered. “Right,” he said, “or anything else that you think is important. You both have good judgment.”

“Can we go now?” Sofia asked, and Eduardo looked at the house and saw that Fiona had come out onto the porch, holding Poppy on her hip. The other three kids were already on the stairs.

“Go ahead,” he said, taking his time about gathering up his tablet and a couple of plant catalogs.

He climbed out slowly. Fiona stood listening to his kids, and he saw her smile and nod. Sofia and Diego distributed pieces of candy all around and gave the rest of the bags to Fiona; then all of the kids took off for the big side yard.

Fiona was wearing jeans and a puffy kind of blouse, light green, that made her red hair glow. Behind her, the old two-story Victorian mansion rose in splendor.

It was exactly the kind of house he’d have bought himself if he’d had the money. The yellow paint with green trim was nice, but best of all were the wraparound porches, one on the first floor and one on the second. A couple of redbrick chimneys indicated fireplaces inside and a turret at the top, with windows all around, would make a great playroom for kids.

Or a relaxing spot for parents to kick back and watch the sunset.

He straightened his shoulders and glanced down at his Delgado Landscaping shirt.

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