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Gage frowned and looked at Cassie for verification.
She shook her head. “Nothing that dramatic. Little bump. Slight concussion. But Corbyn didn’t want Rose to miss out on the ice cream.”
He looked at the boys. “And all the future Calaway men.” He nodded at Elaina. “Even the unborn one.”
She smiled. “Can you sit and have some ice cream?”
Rose sat in her chair and held up her half-eaten bowl of chocolate chip ice cream. “You can have some of mine.”
“Hmm. I think I’ll get my own. I’ll be right back.” He went to the counter where three ladies were serving a variety of ice cream flavors. He looked them all over, then smiled at the woman who wanted to serve him.
“What can I get you, Gage?” Mrs. Nalley had taught high school math for many years and had all of the Calaway siblings in her class.
“I think vanilla will do it.”
She looked at him. “Vanilla? You need to live a little.”
“Not dangerous enough for you? You can put some chocolate syrup on it if you want.”
She smiled. “That’s better.” She put two scoops of ice cream in a paper bowl, then added chocolate syrup. “Here you go, dear. You’re not here alone, are you?”
“No. Two sisters-in-law, three nephews, a niece, and Cassie are all here.”
“Good. You can’t really go to a function without finding at least a few Calaways.”
Gage took the ice cream and put some money in the donation jar. “Take care, Mrs. Nalley.” He returned to the table and sat down. “I can’t begin to eat all of this.”
Lyric smiled. “I’m sure you’ll get some volunteers to help you with it.”
When Sydney spotted him, she came to the table. “Wow. That looks good.”
“The chocolate was forced on me.”
“Hmm. Mrs. Nalley twisted your arm, huh?”
“Pretty much. Yeah. How’s it going here?”
“Good. I think I got some really good shots.”
“Great. Thanks.”
She nodded. “I’ll get back to it.”
“I’ll see you tonight.”
As he watched Sydney walk away, Cassie nudged him. “When are you going to ask that woman out?”
He looked at her. “Sydney? Never.”
“And why not?”
“Because she works for me. And puts up with me for eight hours a day. It’d just be cruel of me to ask her to deal with me after work, too.”
Elaina smiled. “I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t mind too much.”
Gage shook his head. “We’re colleagues. That’s all.”
“Mm hm.”
