I love seeing them together.
“Yesterday was such a long time ago.” She laughs as she places her hand in his and he pulls her in for a hug. “You shouldn’t keep a lady my age waiting, hun. I do bad things when I have time on my hands. Boredom always gets me into trouble.”
“Uh oh.” Finn chuckles. “What chaos have you caused since the last time we chatted, darlin’?”
“For staters the ladies at bridge have told me I need to skip the next session. None of them have a sense of humor anymore. They are all jealous.” She leans in a little closer to Finn as if her voice will not carry. “Hector is what you’d call a ladies’ man at the center. Or so he thinks, I’m not feeling it but apparently I’ve caught his eye.”
“Smart man.” Finn gives her a little wink.
She winks right back and I giggle covering my mouth with my hand.
“Ole’ Brenda got mad, thought he was going to ask her for brunch, Margo, she huffed and stormed off, and now I’m the hussy.”
“Momma.” My mother laughs at her.
“Oh please, hussy is nothing compared to what they called me. You’d think I flashed him and gave him a little lap dance right there in the middle of the room.”
This triggers a laugh from Finn.
“A girl’s got to keep some secrets. You know the whole milk and cow thing.” Lulu waves her hand out in front of her while rolling her eyes. “But Hector isn’t my type. I like my men a little more rugged, more manly.” She wags her brows suggestively at Finn.
“It would definitely take a strong confident man to hold you down, Ms. Lulu.”
“A man like you, my boy.” She pinches his side.
He glances over at me, offering a wink. “Unfortunately, sweetheart, I’ve already got me a diamond.”
“That granddaughter of mine,” she huffs playfully and gives me a fake glare.
“If I wasn’t in love with her you might have had a chance.” He surprises the hell out of me speaking so freely in front of my family like that. “But she’s got my heart and I don’t want it back.”
My mother is wearing the biggest smile I’ve ever seen as she stares at the man that just declared his love for me in their presence. I think she may have fallen a little in love with him too. My father, he seems very pleased. Standing up he walks to the fridge and pulls out two beers.
Walking back he passes one to Finn. “Why don’t we go see what game is playing on the big screen?”
Finn gives him a nod, taking the beer. But before leaving the room he leans down and kisses the top of my head.
He walks out and into the other room, following close behind my father.
“That man is a good one, Sophie,” my mother adds and Lulu whistles in agreement.
“He sure is.” All I can do is laugh. Finn Armstrong has managed to woo both my mother and my grandmother.
Lord help me!
ChapterThirty Nine
Finn
“Where do you want it?”the movers ask and I point to the wall opposite the fireplace.
“What’s that?” Sophie steps into the doorway from the kitchen and points to the couch the movers lower to the floor.
“A couch,” I say, keeping my back to her to hide my smile. “There are also two matching chairs, which both recline.”
What she doesn’t know is that Jillian helped narrow down the choices to the one Sophie would like the most.
“I like the color.” I look back over my shoulder as she walks into the room further. Dragging her hand over the arm of the couch, I notice the way the two men eye her. “Soft too,” she adds and the taller of them notices me looking. He hits the other guy; they both look at me as I stand. Quickly they regroup and hurry off to get the chairs.
