“No, there’s not. But we do have one that you put on the stove and it perks excellent coffee.”
“It is really good. So rich,” she said, taking another sip.
“Lily has one of those automatic ones. And Maverik does, too, I noticed. But I think it tastes better from this kind of coffee pot.”
“Can you teach me how to make it?” she asked.
“I can. I will,” he said. “And you didn’t answer. Did you sleep well?”
“I really did. I slept so heavy.”
“I’m glad.”
“Did you?” Angelle asked.
“I slept here and there.”
“Oh, no. Maybe you’re not used to anybody else being in the house. Did I keep you up?”
Boon laughed. “Not exactly, no.”
“Are you sure?”
“Completely. You know I’m glad you’re here,” Boon said. He wanted to say more, but something caught his attention. His head turned toward the front door, and he got up, quickly moving across the floor without making a sound to look out of the window.
“What is it?” Angelle asked, her voice lowered to a whisper.
Boon leaned his head toward the window in a different angle, then the tension in his body relaxed. “It’s your mom and dad,” he said, speaking in a normal tone of voice as opposed to her whisper.
“Oh! I was wondering. You were acting all concerned.”
“Just heard footsteps approaching and wanted to be sure we wanted to be home for whoever it was,” he said.
Angelle laughed, just as Daniel knocked on the door.
Boon, who was already standing near the front door unlocked and opened it, leaving it wide open for Daniel and Avaleigh to walk in.
“That’s a happy sound,” Daniel said as he entered the house.
“It is,” Avaleigh agreed, walking in and moving past him to go hug Angelle. “What’s so funny?” Avaleigh asked.
Angelle had stopped laughing but was still grinning. “Boon got up and snuck over to the window to see who was coming when he heard your footsteps.”
“That’s it?” Daniel asked.
“No. He said he was being careful not to be heard in case we didn’t want to be home for whoever it was that was coming to visit.”
Avaleigh laughed. “Sounds like you crawling on all fours to your bedroom to hide whenever your cousins would come knock on the door to try to get you to go outside and play with them.”
“That’s why I laughed! I do the same thing,” Angelle said, still smiling.
Boon grinned. “Birds of a feather…”
“The more I learn about you, the more I realize how alike you two really are,” Daniel said.
“Want some coffee?” Angelle asked.
“No, thanks. We had a little this morning,” Avaleigh said.
