When Alec Met Evie (Appies, #6)

by Jenny Proctor

there’s been a slight change of plans.” After Ruth agrees to keep an eye on Juno, who must be sleeping somewhere, Evie leads the way, and we head down the sidewalk to her house. As we walk, she explains the flooding she found when she first opened her front door, then details her desire to just move everything into the garage instead. I hear and process her words, but I’m admittedly distracted by this more mature version of Evie’s voice, by the way she moves her hands as she talks as if to punctuate her words. Did she do that before? I can’t remember, but I like that she does it now. “And you still haven’t gotten through to your landlord?” I ask as we turn and head up her driveway. “Not yet. But he did warn me he’d be hard to reach for the next week or so. He’s backpacking in Yosemite. Either way, there’s no way I can sleep here tonight, so moving stuff into the garage will have to do.” I frown. “If you aren’t going to sleep here, where are you going to go?” She shrugs. “A hotel, probably.” Felix, who is a landlord himself, moves to Evie’s other side and starts asking questions about her lease. Meanwhile, all I can think about is the enormous house I’m living in all by myself. If Megan were here, she wouldn’t want Evie paying for a hotel. But…Evie has a baby. Do I really want a baby staying in my house? Would Evie even feel comfortable staying with me? After Sunday’s final preseason game, we’ll be on the road for close to a week. She’d basically have the whole place to her...