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Emily leaned in the opening and started rummaging through the packages. “Can I help?”
“I expected you back a long time ago,” Cade snapped.
PJ. stared at him for three straight seconds before turning away. She rearranged the bags and gave her daughter one that contained a loaf of bread, and a package of hot dog rolls. “Here. This is really heavy. Do you think you can handle it?”
“’Course I can.” She took her package and raced to the front door. “Then I’m gonna go find Steve.”
“Is there a problem?” P.J. asked Cade when the child had disappeared inside. “Was Emily any trouble?” She grabbed several bags and carried them up the front steps.
“Other than the fact that she could talk the ears off a bull elephant, no.”
“Did you need something?”
“No.” He didn’t want to go where that question could take him. He lifted groceries out and followed her into the house.
“So there wasn’t a crisis here that only I could handle?”
They set their bundles on the kitchen counter and looked at each other. P.J. was a little breathless from carrying the bags.
“No,” he answered.
“Then why are you acting like a wounded bear?”
“I’m not.”
“The heck you’re not And I don’t understand why. You offered to let Emily stay here with you. So what’s your problem?”
“What took you so long?” He heard the irritation in his voice, and knew it sounded damn close to worry. It was too late to take back the words.
“I’ll show you what took me.” She brushed past him and he heard the front door slam. A few moments later it banged closed again. She entered the kitchen lugging a flat of fresh strawberries with a bouquet of mixed flowers on top.
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