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sorry. Of course you can.  It was so great seeing you
again, Luke,” I said, wrapping my arms around him and hugging him tight.  Oh
dear lord, he smelled so good.  His scent was intoxicating.
                “You too,
Lilly.  I’ll see you for lunch tomorrow.  Can you tell your parents goodbye for
me and thank them for dinner?”
                “Of course. 
Drive safe, okay?”
                “I always do. 
Goodnight Lil, until tomorrow,” he said, and gently leaned in and kissed me on
the cheek.  My breath caught in my throat, and I could feel him smile.
                “Goodnight,” I
whispered.  He was still smiling when he stepped off the porch.  Then he got
into his car, and drove away, the smile still on his face.  Shivering slightly,
I walked back into the house.

Chapter 5
 
Late Night Chat
     
     
    Mama
looked up from her book.  “Hey, darlin’. Where’s Luke?”
                “He said he
wanted to check on his surgery patient, so he left.  He asked me to thank you
for dinner and tell you and Daddy goodbye,” I said, still a little dazed from
our talk.  I went out there clear the air and apologize, and I ended up asking
him to lunch.  I’ve been back for less than eight hours and I was already acting
like a completely different person. It must be the air here.
                “Now that you
mention it,” Jack said, “it is getting pretty late.  I don’t have anything
planned tomorrow, but I am just tired.  Nothing admirable about me at all ,”
he said, with a laugh. “The food was delicious, Ros, thanks for having me
over,” he said, and leaned down and kissed my mother on the cheek.
                Mama smiled,
and replied, “Oh, you’re welcome honey, thanks for coming.  You go on home and
get some rest.  Make sure you take some apple pie with you.”  I smiled. 
Typical Southern mother, feeding you even after you leave.
                “Already got
some, I wouldn’t leave without it,” he said, holding up a Tupperware container
full of pie.  He turned to me, and said, “Well, Lilly, it was great seeing you
again.  We are all going to need to get together like this again and catch up
some more.  I want to hear about all the trouble you have gotten into in the
big, bad city.”
                I grinned at
him and said, “Oh I don’t know about that.  It would be a pretty short
conversation.”
                “You know,
you’re probably right.  You always were boring,” said Jack, and he pulled me
into a brotherly hug.  “I’ll see you soon.”
                I hugged him
back.  “You too, good night.  Drive safe.”
                He gave a wave
to everyone and shook my dad’s hand.  As he walked toward the door, he lightly
rested his hand on Daisy’s shoulder and quietly said, “Good night, Dais,” and
walked out the door.  He almost sounded a little curt.  I glanced at Daisy and
she rolled her eyes.
                Violet set her
magazine down on the coffee table and stretched her arms.  “Well, if everyone
is heading out, Evan and I probably should too.  I lost track of time. I forgot
what it felt like to have normal, adult conversations that didn’t involve a
child’s education plan,” she said, sweetly.  “Hey, Lilly, do you think we could
meet for breakfast tomorrow?  Maybe go over some of the plans?  You are in this
wedding too, and I want you to be involved.”
                I looked at
Daisy, and she looked like she was silently pleading with me to come.  “Of
course, that sounds good.  Where you want to meet?”
                “Is Grady’s
Diner okay?”
                I lit up. I
used to work in Grady’s Diner when I was in high school. Alvin Grady, the
owner, was always like a sweet old Southern grandpa. He and his wife Janine
never were able to have children, so he always