Savannah snorted again as she burst into laughter beside her. “Me too.”
Debbie hooked her arm through Savannah’s. “I need chocolate. And ice cream. Rich chocolate ice cream. Are you in?”
Savannah smiled and nodded.
“Good. Then afterward, you can drive the Porsche home.”
CHAPTER23
Austin dumped the cooked spaghetti noodles back into the pan and drizzled olive oil over them to keep them from sticking. Memories of dropping Debbie’s olive oil and both of them getting splashed filled his mind.
Her shocked face looked so cute. Then when she dissolved into giggles while trying to clean the floor, he couldn’t help but join her.
Cody saying Debbie’s name in an excited voice that was at least ten decibels higher than it should be caught Austin’s attention.
“And she has this really big house.”
Austin looked over his shoulder to see Cody waving his arms in the air to demonstrate how big Debbie’s house was for his Grandma and Grandpa Reed who’d only arrived half an hour ago.
“It’s ginormous!” Dallas added.
“It’s got a swimming pool and a movie room.” Cody’s voice got louder each time he spoke.
“And a game room.” Dallas’s voice rose in pitch too. “And we get our own rooms after Dad marries Debbie.”
“What?” Austin’s parents said in unison.
Austin froze.
Shoot.
He'd forgotten to tell the kids not to mention that. Of course, they would tell their grandparents about the most exciting thing to ever happen to them.
Within seconds, both of his parents stood in the kitchen staring at him.
“Since when are you engaged?” His mom spoke first.
Austin gave them a tight smile. “Dallas and Cody, go play in the backyard for a while, please.”
“But Nana and Papa just got here,” Dallas said.
The kids loved their grandparents. They’d grown close while Austin and the kids had lived with them for a year after his divorce. Since their move to Providence, the kids’ contact with their grandparents was limited to Sunday video calls, so having Nana and Papa here for Easter was a special treat.
“I know, and you can visit and play games with them after dinner. But right now, I need to have a grown up talk with them.”
“Okay,” Dallas said. He grabbed Cody’s t-shirt and pulled him to the sliding glass door.
“No fighting,” Austin called to them as they closed the door behind them.
He turned and covered the noodles and turned the burner under the simmering spaghetti sauce off before facing his parents.
"I can’t believe you didn't tell us you were dating someone," Mom said, her voice an octave higher than usual.
“I’m not.” He held up a hand when his parents started to protest. “I mean, I wasn’t.”
Technically he and Debbie still hadn’t dated even though they’d kissed three times.
Austin sat at the table and motioned for his parents to do the same.
