“We’re very sorry to eat and run,” Annemarie said to Michael as she embraced his wife on the front porch. “But dinner was delicious. Thank you so much.”
“You’re most welcome,” Karen replied. “Does my heart good to see you again, Annemarie. And Cody, too. I hope this means we’ll be seeing more of you both…?”
“I hope so, too.”
“Oh, I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of her,” Michael said. “That’s at least the twelfth time in the last thirty minutes I’ve heard either her or my brother refer to themselves as ‘we’.”
“We’re working on it,” Gabe remarked.
“Thirteen. And work is great and all, but if you have to work too hard, that’s not a good sign.”
Annemarie gazed up at Gabe only to find him smiling down at her. “It’s the easiest work I’ve done in a long time. Your brother’s an incredible
