Love Resisted (The Real Love Series) Read Online Free PDF

hello. Once on the ground, the little one grabbed onto his left hand and said, “Now we can go sit down. Mommy said we had to wait for you.” Then he was being tugged in an unknown direction, and all he could do was follow.
    Calling back toward his sister, he asked, “I assume she knows where we ’re going?”
    His sister only smiled and said, “I dare you to tell her she doesn’t.”
    “No thanks, I’ll assume she does. I remember what happened last time I fell into that trap.” He recalled when his vibrant, sassy niece tried to tell him he was going the wrong way when he was taking her to school. It wasn’t that he was going the wrong way; it was just that he wasn’t going the same way she was used to going. When he tried explaining this to her, she got upset at him for accusing her of not knowing how to go to school. This was apparently something she prided herself on because she and her parents made sure she knew where home was if she were to get lost.
    Bobbing and weaving though a crowd of people, as only a five year old does, he had to take command of the bundle of balloons that were assaulting him as he followed. She, of course, released them because her current mission was to get them to their seats. Once she stopped short in front of him, he looked over to see his parents smiling at them. Handing off the balloons to his sister, he made his way into the aisle of seats to greet them. They stood up when he approached; tears in his mother’s eyes had him smiling at her predictability. “Hi Mom, don’t cry, it’s a happy day.”
    Hugging her to him, she said, “I just wish Elizabeth was here to see what a handsome young man he has turned out to be.”
    Disengaging from the hug, he looked down at her. “We all do, Mom, but Zane and I already had our moment today in her honor. Don’t bring up the heavy stuff when he should be focused on exciting stuff. I don’t mind if he brings up his mother, but we shouldn’t.” She nodded her acquiescence as she blotted the tear that escaped. He nodded back at her and moved his hello on to his dad—his namesake. Shaking his hand and giving the one-arm-hug-pat-on-the-back thing all guys did, he offered a simple greeting. “Hey Dad.”
    “Hey son, I told her to control herself today, but you know how she is. The color of the leaves makes her cry, it’s inevitable.”
    Mike moved to take a seat when his mother smacked his dad’s arm and said, “I am not that ridiculous, Michael. It’s a big day, I’m allowed to be emotional.” Smiling at the way his parents were, he turned and gave his sister a look, and she squeezed his arm. “Don’t worry Mike, she got it out of her system by telling you. She won’t worry Zane over it.”
    “I'm not worried, it’s just not necessary to bring her up every time there is a significant event. It’s not like she chose to not be here,” he whispered his annoyance at her. But she once again patted his arm in reassurance as the music to announce the procession of graduates beginning.
    ALLIE turned back to ask Gillian where they were supposed to be sitting and noticed that Mike wasn’t behind her anymore. A quick glance around confirmed that he was, indeed, not around. She wasn’t sure if she was relieved or disappointed, but feared she leaned more toward the latter. Not wanting to ask her where Mike was, she instead asked, “Where is it that I’m supposed to be going. We were deep in Spongebob Squarepants over here, and I wasn’t paying attention.”
    “Your nephew says that we should go up top to the baseball field that overlooks the football field. That way, we can get a picture of him coming down the steps since that is where they ’re entering from,” Gillian said.
    “Sounds like a plan,” Allie replied before turning back around and making the trek up the giant staircase to the baseball field. When they arrived up top, she found Logan and her niece, Madison, standing there waiting for them. Leaning over, she gave