Gloria had never considered herself all that adventurous, but she was willing to try, and she suspected the man in front of her was the one responsible for changing her mind.
“How are you, Derek?”
He beamed down at her, then his glance traveled to the bouquet she’d set up in a temporary pitcher from the Valley Tabernacle kitchen. “I’m great. We had a lot of fun, but let me tell you, that was one hot day we had.”
She nearly giggled thinking about his pit stains when they first met. Thankfully he was either better dressed or had remembered his deodorant today. She didn’t mind at all when he stepped even closer.
“Did Susannah talk to you yet?”
“My daughter?”
“Yeah. Did she say anything?”
Gloria glanced out into the fellowship hall where Susannah was wiping down the last of the snack ta
