Chapter 125: Carter the Charmer

It was a joyful time when Teddy and his family arrived for a visit.

After being stuck on the farm, the teens enjoyed discovering everything the big city had to offer, while Teddy and his wife seemed grateful and happy just to be together.

Just as Byron had expected, Teddy did want to see Sylvia while he was in town, and he tried to arrange it in a way that would be acceptable for all concerned. Emily liked his idea of having a lot of people over so that everyone could mingle and Sylvia would not get too snippy.

"How about we invite Carter?" Emily said.

She was sitting at the kitchen table opposite Byron as they made up a list of guests to invite for their house party. Byron's expression told her, not surprisingly, that he was not too pleased with the idea.

"You know he thinks of you as more than a friend?" he asked.

"Yeah, but he'll get over it eventually. And he invited me to go wall-climbing with him a few days ago. Maybe it would be more 'proper' for me to ask him to come to