Heather started laughing as she walked up. I pulled her in closer to me, and we just stood there, enjoying our group hug for a few moments.
“Hold everything! How did it come back? Heather, why do you have your dad’s car? What the hell is going on?” my mother rattled off.
Heather started to giggle. She looked at me and then over to my mother. “It’s kind of a long story, Elizabeth, but after Josh left our house this morning, I needed to tell him something…in person. We both forgot that I’d left my car here yesterday, so I took my dad’s car. ”
“And while I was at my apartment, Victoria knocked on my door. ”
My mother looked confused. “How did she know you were there?”
“I’m guessing she heard me last night when I was talking about heading into Austin to my place,” I said with a shrug of my shoulders.
After we explained everything, my mother smiled.
“How did you know where Heather would be?”
I shook my head as I looked at the love of my life. I noticed how she’d been hiding her left hand in her pants pocket or behind her back. “Ari told me. ”
Heather shook her head and let out a laugh.
“Okay, so where the hell have y’all been the last few hours, Josh? I’ve been trying to call both of your cell phones. Your father and I have been a nervous wreck. ”
I grinned as I held out my hand toward Heather. I glanced over toward my parents. “I’m so sorry y’all were worried. I took Heather back to Mason. ”
“Mason?” both my parents asked at the same time.
“Yep. There was a certain spot I needed to take her to…so I could ask her to be my wife. ” I lifted up her hand and kissed the back of it, making sure my parents could see the ring.
My mother started jumping up and down, and my father winked at me. The next thing I knew, my mom had Heather wrapped in her arms, and they were both crying. When I looked at my dad, he just shrugged his shoulders and smiled.
“Just go with it, son. They’re happy tears. They can turn that shit off and on like magic. ”
My mother pushed Heather away and giggled. “And?”
Heather started shaking her head. “Um…and?”
My mother put her hands on her hips and looked between Heather and me. She raised her eyebrows at both of us.
“And…we wanted to go out to eat and celebrate tonight,” I said.
She slowly
grinned, and then she winked at my dad. “Okay…dinner it is. ”
My mom hooked her arm around Heather’s, and we made our way into the house.
Damn! I can’t wait to see her face when she finds out we’re pregnant!
Chapter Thirty
We walked into Hut’s Hamburgers while Josh and his dad talked about the business. During the whole drive over, Elizabeth had talked my ear off about the wedding. She hadn’t asked yet when we wanted to get married. Thank God! I knew if I were to tell her as soon as possible, she would figure out I was pregnant.
She smiled at me. “I love the idea of a wedding on the beach. ”
We all slid into a booth, and I sat across from Elizabeth.
“I do, too. I can picture it all in my head!” My stomach did flip-flops just from thinking about marrying Josh.
Josh reached down, grabbed my hand, and placed it on the table. When I glanced down at my beautiful ring, tears began building in my eyes. So much had happened in the last twenty-four hours. I looked over and just stared at Josh as he talked to his father.