Sadly, she admitted, “I wouldn’t know.”
“Yeah, that would be my point.”
“It’s not that easy,” Joy said wistfully. Then she glanced out the window at the house across the yard where Holly and Lizzie were probably driving Sean Casey insane about now. “I mean, he’s—and I’m—”
“Something happened.”
Her gaze snapped to Deb’s. “Just a kiss.”
“Yay. And?”
“And,” Joy admitted, “then he got a little more involved and completely melted my underwear.”
“Wow.” Deb gave a sigh and fluttered one hand over her heart.
“Yeah. We were arguing and we were both furious and he kissed me and—” she slapped her hands together “—boom.”
“Oh, boom is good.”
“It’s great, but it doesn’t solve anything.”
“Honey,” Deb asked with a shake of her head, “who cares?”
Joy laughed. Honestly, Deb was really good for her. “Okay, I’m heading back to the house. Even when it’s this cold outside, I shouldn’t be leaving the groceries in the car this long.”
“Fine, but I’m going to want to hear more about this ‘boom.’”
“Yeah,” Joy said, “me, too. So are the girls still on for the sleepover?”
“Are you kidding? Lizzie’s been planning this for days. Popcorn, princess movies and s’mores cooked over the fireplace.”
Ordinarily, Holly would be too young for a sleepover, but Joy knew Deb was as crazy protective as she was. “Okay, then I’ll bring her to your house Saturday afternoon.”
“Don’t forget to pray for me,” Deb said with a smile. “Two five-year-olds for a night filled with squeals...”
“You bet.”
“And take that box of brownies with you. Sweeten up your hermit and maybe there’ll be more ‘boom.’”
“I don’t know about that, but I will definitely take the brownies.” When she left the warm kitchen, she paused on the back porch and tipped her face up to the gray sky. As she stood there, snow drifted lazily down and kissed her heated cheeks with ice.
Maybe it would be enough to cool her off, she told herself, crossing the yard to Deb’s house to collect Holly and head home. But even as she thought it, Joy realized that nothing was going to cool her off as long as her mind was filled with thoughts of Sam.
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