Sisters in White (Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters #3) Contemporary Romance by Melissa Foster Read Free Book Online Page A

couple as much as I did, no matter how much we miss the babies.”
    It hurt to watch Kaylie struggling just to make it through the day. “She wouldn’t be any good with them the way she is now anyway. She’s too sidetracked with Lacy. Do you think I should cancel the snorkeling? I know Kaylie was looking forward to it, but given the situation, maybe it’s best?”
    Lacy broke away from her parents and headed toward Kaylie.
    “I think I’d better get over there.” Danica headed in their direction before Chaz could answer.
    Kaylie’s eyes didn’t waver from the purse she gripped in her hands. Lacy’s lips moved quickly as she reached out to touch the purse with a hopeful smile. Kaylie turned abruptly out of her reach.
    “Kaylie, wow, that’s a gorgeous purse. Is it leather?” Danica planted herself between the two of them. She watched Lacy’s contemplative eyes swim over Kaylie, like she was figuring out the best way to get close to her. Danica cringed when Lacy reached out to touch the purse again with a hopeful gaze. Sisters shared; they touched; they laughed. It was obvious that Lacy wanted that, and just as clear that Kaylie would just as soon kick her to the curb.
    “I think it is.” Lacy brushed the soft leather with her fingers. “That really goes well with your hair, Kaylie. What is that color? Tawny? Is that what you’d call it?”
    Kaylie grasped the bag so tight her knuckles were white.
    Danica put her hand on Kaylie’s shoulder in an effort to calm her sister’s nerves. “Kay, can I see it?”
    Kaylie reluctantly released the bag. She seemed to pull from whatever state she’d succumbed to, and her feigned smile told Danica that she had enough control to avoid losing her cool.
    “You know, this would go well with your hair, too, Lacy.” Danica handed the bag to Lacy, feeling very much like a playground attendant. Share nicely, girls .
    “Honey, if we’re going to make the snorkeling class, shouldn’t we get back to the hotel?”
    Her father’s use of the endearment surprised her. Unsure if he was talking to her or Lacy, she didn’t answer. Then she realized he could only have been speaking to her—she’d scheduled the event.
    “Uh, yeah, we should, actually. Geez, where did the time go?” Danica waited for Lacy and her father to head out of the store. “Kaylie, are you all right? Chaz and Blake are waiting up front.”
    “Yeah. Did you see the way he just handed his wallet over to her? What is she, a little princess or something?”
    There was no mistaking the green-eyed monster that had hold of Kaylie’s heart. “She is his daughter, too. He used to do the same thing for us.”
    Kaylie turned her determined blue eyes on Danica. “Did he? I don’t remember.” She stalked out of the store, hooking her arm possessively into Chaz’s on the way out.

    Chapter Seven
    They stood at the water’s edge, the sand warm and sensual beneath their bare feet. Danica listened intently to the safety procedures and precautions and memorized every word about breathing techniques. The snorkeling instructors were two of the most incredibly sculpted men Danica had ever set eyes on. They weren’t thick and manly like Blake and Chaz, but as they stood confidently before the group in their matching swim trunks (sporting the hotel logo across the left leg) their sun-drenched skin glistened in the sun. They looked as if they’d just walked out of a fashion magazine. Lacy’s eyes were glued to the dark-haired, older one, while Kaylie was doing her best to compete with Lacy’s itsy-bitsy aqua-blue bikini. Kaylie’s red and yellow two-piece rode low along her sleek hip bones. To anyone else, she looked like a twenty-something girl enjoying a carefree summer, but Danica saw the glint of competition in her eyes, the slight jut of her right hip, and the extra-deep curve of her spine as she cast her breasts higher, her shoulders pulled back in a proud, confident stance.
    “We’ll need a volunteer to