Lone Star Holiday. Jolene Navarro
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Название: Lone Star Holiday
Автор: Jolene Navarro
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современные любовные романы
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“Oh, I’m so sorry.”
“No, you take it.” His now-familiar grin made her forget about dinner. “We don’t have assigned seating—just creatures of habit.” He looked over at Rachel. “It’s good to shake up our routine.”
Uncle Billy’s gruff voice snapped the air. “Can y’all sit down so I can pray?”
“Yes, sir,” they answered at the same time. She slid a glance to her right and found Rachel glaring at her. To the left, John had his head bowed. Everyone joined hands. The words of her uncle’s prayer slid into her heart. She had missed being part of this family worship.
As soon as the prayer finished, Aunt Maggie jumped right in. “So, Pastor John, have you had any ideas about the Christmas pageant? With Martha out of town, I don’t know how we’re going to get it all done. It is the hundredth anniversary, so it needs to be big.”
Dread slipped through Lorrie Ann. She carefully put her filled tortilla back on her plate. “Aunt Maggie, please don’t.”
“Oh, mija, it’s perfect.” She handed a warm tortilla to her husband, never taking her gaze off John. “What about Lorrie Ann?”
She had to stop her aunt before she went any further. “No way.”
John raised an eyebrow. “I don’t think she’s interested, Maggie.” Filling his tortilla with meat and avocado, he shrugged his shoulders. “Vickie said she’d do it.”
Yolanda snorted “Vickie? She’s an awesome seamstress, but organizing and directing? She doesn’t know the first thing about music.”
Lorrie Ann thought of any suggestions she could make. “What about Mrs. Callaway, the high-school drama teacher? I remember her directing the pageant when I sang.”
“That is Martha.” Yolanda made it sound as if she should have known Mrs. Callaway’s first name. “Her sister’s having health problems, so she went to Houston to stay with her.”
Aunt Maggie pointed her knife at Lorrie Ann. “Someone with the experience of organizing big music events is sitting right at this table.”
Lorrie Ann gripped the knife, beating down the frustration. Disappointing her aunt seemed to be her forte. “No one in this town would want me anywhere near the pageant.”
“Oh, pish-posh, that is just nonsense. The committee has been praying for someone to step up and lead the pageant.” She looked at John as she poured Yolanda more iced tea. “Don’t you think God is at work here?”
He took the opportunity to fill his mouth with his fajita. She watched his throat as it moved with each swallow.
The poor man needed to be rescued. “Aunt Maggie, I organized rock concerts not...church plays,” Lorrie Ann tried to explain one more time.
“I can do it,” Yolanda offered. “I’ve helped with the set and props for the last few years.”
“You’ve done a great job, mija, but we need someone with a big vision. It is the pageant’s hundredth-year anniversary.”
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