Two
“You don’t have to do this, Shannon. You’re more than welcome to stay with us.”
Shannon settled her sacks of groceries on the kitchen table in John and Tracie Hammond’s rental cabin and faced her brother with a placating smile. “I know I’m welcome, but I also know that your cabin is cramped enough with three kids, especially now that Seth has hit the terrible threes. A week was more inconvenience than I need to put on your family.”
“You’re never an inconvenience. Aeli and I love having you home, and the kids enjoy having you around to grant their every whim.”
She laughed softly and studied Pat’s cherished face, pleased to note that the strain Sara Montgomery had wrought from him and made him look older than his years was long gone, replaced by a few faint lines of mirth and happine
