Chapter 26

Jamie POV

When Hannah and I returned from our ride, she was ecstatic to find her friends sitting in our parlor. I grinned as they all ran to each other. I turned to the kitchen, leaving the ladies to talk, and found Cookie pulling a tray of cookies out of the oven.

“Hey, Cookie. Those smell delicious! When did Hannah’s friends show up?” I asked as I walked closer to the table where he had set the tray of cookies.

“About an hour ago. Those four just kept yammerin’. I wanted to escape but there was no where to go,” he whispered back. “Bo stopped by and then left me to fend for myself. Glad you showed up when you did.”

I reached out and patted him on the back, “Sorry, friend. We didn’t know they were coming.”

He nodded in reply and I heard Hannah call out to me, “Jamie, come say hello.”

I raised my eyebrows at Cookie and he smirked, as if to say, “ni