Chapter Five
Jake was sure he’d made the right choice, as he listened to the Christmas music in the background and scrubbed another pot in the kitchen.
“Julia’s lying down for a while,” Logan said. “I hope she sleeps until everyone gets here.”
Jake took in his brother, who was sporting a blue dress shirt and new blue jeans with the same old belt he always wore. Logan was watching him. Jake wondered if he was going to ask him about Jill again. He hoped not. He was done thinking about it even though he wanted Logan to give him some words of wisdom.
“Coffee or beer?” Logan asked when Jake put the frying pan, in which they’d cooked bacon this morning, in the dish drain.
“Beer,” Jake said. Maybe that would help calm him, since he hadn’t seen Samuel for months, not since he’d gotten serious
