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glasses.
                A moment later,
Evan’s phone vibrated.  He looked at it, and said, “Oh good, the guys are on
their way here. They said to apologize for being late.”
                Mama smiled
and waved her hand.  “Oh, no worries.  Saving lives is a job, we all know
that.  Besides, there is still plenty, you know they will be hungry.”  Well, I
was right about them being doctors too.  Jesus, was the whole hospital staff
eating here tonight?
                “Yeah, Jack
said his last appointment took a little longer than expected. He had to deliver
some bad news,” said Evan.  I noticed out of the corner of my eye Daisy shift in
her seat.
                I wonder…“Wait
a second. Jack?  As in Jack Riley?  He’s a doctor too?”
                “Yes, we met
in medical school, and we ended up Glenbrook together.  He’s a reproductive
endocrinologist,” Evan said.  “Violet told me you went to school with both of
my groomsmen.”
                “Yes, we
graduated together.  He and Daisy-OW!”  I stopped mid sentence when I felt
Daisy stomp on my foot.  I looked at her and she smiled her best “Talk about it
and I’ll kill you” smile.  I giggled and took a bite of my homemade macaroni
and cheese. I heard Evan stifle a laugh.  Then something Evan said made me go
back.  “Wait, did you say both groomsmen?”
                Violet
nodded.  “Yes, they both are from your graduating class.  I still can’t believe
how many talented people graduated with you.  You are a famous chef.  Jack’s a
brilliant endocrinologist.  And Luke is one of the top pediatricians in the
state of Georgia.”  I look up, and almost stop breathing.

Chapter 3
 
Luke
     
    I
nearly choke on my food.  Luke?  Luke Beckett?  I hoped this reaction had gone
unnoticed.  It had not.  I looked at Daisy, who was smiling into her plate.  “Luke
Beckett?  He’s one of your groomsmen?”
    Daisy
smirked, and said, “Oh, yeah, I must have forgotten to mention that.”  I kicked
her back under the table.
    “A-a-and
he’s a pediatrician?”
                Evan nodded,
saying, “Yes, a great guy.  He comes out with me to the surrounding hospitals
every holiday season and we cheer up the patients.  Unfortunately, this year I
won’t be able to make it since we’ll be on our honeymoon, so Luke is playing
Santa and Jack will be taking my place.” 
                Violet put her
hand on Evan’s and said, “Luke and Jack are the doctors that are starting the
practice with Evan.  They are hoping to kind of be a one stop for families.
From conception to birth and beyond.”
                Mama said, “I
wish we’d had that around here when you girls were little.  I had to drive two
towns over to get to the pediatrician’s office.”
                I tried to
imagine this.  Luke Beckett, the biggest country boy football jock in our high
school is now a pediatrician?  The only man I ever….and he’s on his way here? 
To my parents’ house?  He’s in my sister’s wedding? Oh my God…
     
                I pulled
back from the kiss, stunned.  “L-L-Luke, wait, I, um….”  Luke kissed me.  My
friend just kissed me.  He just kissed me and told me he was in love with me. 
I didn’t know how to react…I couldn’t react.  Hell, I could barely speak.
                He tucked a
strand of hair that had escaped from my ponytail behind my ear.  “I’m not
trying to push you into anything, Lilly.  I just couldn’t let you leave without
telling you how I feel.”
                “A-a-and, h-how
long have you felt this way?” I asked, starting to regain my ability to speak.
                Luke looked
into my eyes.  “Since the seventh grade. Five years,” he admitted, his voice
dropping to a whisper.  Five years. All that time…