The Good Luck Potion (The Good Luck Series) Read Free Page B

show up, unless you’re the best man. Then you’re in charge of the bachelor party.”
    “Good thing I’m just a groomsman. I think I was a last minute addition since Phil wasn’t sure I’d be back in town. And after having to miss my sister’s wedding because of a business trip, I don’t blame him for not taking a chance on me.”
    Sue thought about that for a minute. Hadn’t Keely’s brother also missed her wedding? How weird. “So you travel a lot with your work?”
    “Yeah. But I’m hoping this transfer home will be the last of my wandering for a long time. What about you? Are you in the wedding.”
    “I’m not only sister of the bride, but the maid of honor so I get to throw a bridal shower and a personal shower/bachelorette party for her.”
    “Both?”
    “Yes. Per Kimberly’s orders.” She smiled, moving another step as the line got shorter. “I can’t wait for the payback when I get married.”
    He laughed, pick ed up two plates from the stack on the counter and gave her one. “I guess there’s no wiggling out of it then.”
    “None.”
    “Good luck with it then.”
    They filled their plates and headed back to the table. He s et his down and held out her chair for her. “What would you like to drink? I saw iced tea on the counter and a cooler by the back door, and if I know Phil I’m sure it has bottles of beer in it.”
    “Tea is fine. Thanks.”
    “You got it.” He headed back to the kitchen where he found his friend filling glasses with ice.
    “Alex.” Phil hugged him. “It’s been too long. You have to turn down the next transfer. Look what happens when you go away. I get myself engaged.”
    Alex laughed. “I have a feeling it would have happened even if I had been in town.”
    “Yeah. I met her and knew that night she was special. I see you got paired with Sue.” Phil leaned closer to him and lowered his voice. “Out of all of Kimberly’s friends I think you lucked up. Didn’t you always have a thing for blondes?”
    Alex sh rugged, not wanting to tell his friend what he really thought. “She seems nice, though she did hit my truck when parking. Rolled right into the tail end. She got distracted by a handsome guy walking toward the house.”
    Phil frowned and looked like he was studying on that for a minute, before he grinned. “You really think that?”
    “She said it was the number of cars in the drive, but she’d already passed it up. What else could it have been?”
    Phil laughed and slapped him on the back. “Back in town for a day and you got a fish on the line already. Reel her in boy. Reel her in.”
    Alex wasn’t really sure he wanted to, but he didn’t want to tell Phil that. “It may not be so easy. She thinks tonight’s game was rigged. It wasn’t, was it?”
    Phil held up his hands. “I had nothing to do with distributing the locks and keys. That was all Kimberly’s doing. But what if it was? It’s one night. You do with it what you want.”
    “I see your point.” Alex poured two teas and headed back to the table to join Sue. “Here you go.”
    “Thanks. These steaks are good.”
    “If there is one thing Phil knows how to do, it’s grill. He picked up tips from working at a local restaurant  while we were in college.” He sat down and cut into the New York strip and took a bite. “Hmm-mm. This is good. He hasn’t lost his touch.”
    “What’s Alaska like?” Sue asked.
    “Different from Tennessee, that’s for sure.” He cut another chunk of steak and told her a few highlights of his time up north. “Did you know some places have twenty-four hours of daylight in the summer? Or that from early spring until fall the mosquito population is widespread and the most persistent insect in the state because of all the swamps and lakes?” As he talked he noticed her smile never faded and her blue eyes shined. He had to admit she was cute with her pixie blonde hair and petite build. But it was clear she was only being polite because she had to.