Jubilee watched as her family chatted and laughed as they waited for dinner to be ready. After much persuasion and nagging, Lisa had gotten all of her children—and their various significant others—to agree to come for family dinner. Jubilee wasn’t sure how they’d all fit, but she shouldn’t have doubted her mother. One of Lisa’s talents was throwing a party.
All of Jubilee’s five siblings were either married or attached. As the youngest, Jubilee knew she shouldn’t feel like the odd one out, but she did. Her brothers and sister were moving on with their lives: marriage, babies, new jobs, new experiences. And what was Jubilee doing?
Working at a bakery. Kissing a man who didn’t want her.
“Oh, the baby kicked.” Sara smiled as she rubbed her very pregnant belly. “He gets active this time of
