When Alec Met Evie (Appies, #6)

by Jenny Proctor

When I open the front door, Theo and Carter barrel into the house, their shoulders laden with enormous matching duffel bags. “Dude, this house is insane,” Theo says as he looks around the entryway. He spins in place and his bag knocks into a lamp sitting on a hall table. I reach out and steady it before it crashes to the floor, and Carter meets my gaze over Theo’s shoulder, rolling his eyes. “Sorry,” Carter mutters. “He doesn’t get out much.” Theo’s hair is cut shorter than Carter’s, which makes it easy to tell them apart. But even if the hair didn’t give him away, Theo is much louder and rowdier than his more reserved brother. He’d only have to open his mouth for me to immediately know which twin he is. “Come on,” I say, leading them into the house. “I’ll show you where you’re staying.” Evie appears in the doorway of the kitchen as we approach, still wearing Juno, hands setting loosely on her daughter’s back. The baby turns her head, eyes wide as she looks at the new arrivals. She bounces a little, almost like she’s excited, her little hands flailing up and down. “Are you saying hi?” Evie says, looking down at her daughter, smiling like she thinks Juno’s reaction to the twins is just as entertaining as I do. “Whoa, you’re married?” Carter asks. “With a kid? How did we not know that?” “This is Evie and her daughter, Juno,” I say, shooting Evie an apologetic look. “She’s a friend. She just moved to Harvest Hollow, and she and her daughter are staying here for a few weeks un...