Total pages in book: 31
Estimated words: 28874 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 144(@200wpm)___ 115(@250wpm)___ 96(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28874 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 144(@200wpm)___ 115(@250wpm)___ 96(@300wpm)
“When have we ever only gotten fries?” I smirk.
The man consistently tries to feed me. I think in the first year we lived together, I gained twenty pounds. It was much-needed weight, but it always warms me how he makes sure I’m taken care of in every way. The man misses nothing.
"Don't try it," my husband warns when he pulls up and parks in front of the diner. I roll my eyes at him. He returns it with a wink.
He thinks the truck is too high for me to get in and out of without his help when I'm pregnant. Not sure why he installed the electronic step-bar if he won't even let me get to use it. But I keep my butt in place. Garrett will do anything to make me happy, and I'll do the same for him. If it makes him feel better for him to help me, then I'll wait.
He helps me out before going to get the girls. “Hey, Winter,” Sara calls to me.
“Hey.” I wave back.
“Tell us what you got cooking in there,” Mr. Walker calls from across the street, where he’s sitting on the bench in front of the hardware store.
“It’s a girl!” Daisy shouts before I can.
“I knew it,” Ginger says, stepping out from the little bookstore next to the diner. Her arms are loaded with books. She’s one of the kindergarten teachers over at the elementary school.
“We so called it.” Daisy rushes over to Ginger, giving her a high five.
“I called it too.” Rose goes in for her own high five.
A few more people stop to talk to us before we enter the diner, where once again, everyone is asking about the baby. It takes us almost fifteen minutes to finally get to a table.
“Oh! It’s Olivia and Emma.” Daisy bounces back to her feet. “Can I?”
She doesn't need to ask me the entire question for me to understand what she wants. Garrett looks to me to answer.
“If their mom is okay with it.” Daisy rushes out of the diner to the sidewalk, where Olivia and Emma are with their mom. Daisy is best friends with the twins.
Sidney, the twins’ mom, glances up through the window into the diner at me, and I give her a nod. She smiles and tells the girls to go ahead. They run back inside. Sidney points to the bookstore, letting me know that’s where she’ll be.
The two girls join us, and they all order milkshakes. I lean into my husband, sliding my hand into his. This is how life is supposed to be. What a real community is. You don’t need religion and fear to bring people together. All you need is love, respect, and compassion.
Garrett's mom called it special, and she was right. She will never know that with a few words she changed and saved the lives of so many. She brought the Anderson brothers there, and the rest will forever be history.