They must have heard the self-doubt in her voice because both women turned to look at her with narrowed eyes that promised retribution if she mentioned canceling again.
“You are NOT backing out on this date,” Faith denied, pointing a finger at Harmony just like their mother had done when they were younger. “You need to do this, Harm. It’s not healthy to keep avoiding relationships like you do.”
“Faith’s right. You need to get laid, sis,” Patience added with a decisive nod as she crossed her arms over her chest.
Faith huffed, shoving her sister’s shoulder. “I didn’t say that!”
“Well, I did say that,” Patience returned with a wicked grin. “Have you seen the ass on that man? You could bounce a quarter off him and make yourself fifty cents! Seriously, Harmony, that is one Grade A piece of man meat that you’ve got interested in you. I’m betting he’s packing some serious heat below the belt.” Her sister shivered for effect and winked at Harmony.
Faith glared at Patience before ordering sternly, “Ignore Patience’s raging hormones.” Her eyes glazed over slightly as she added, “I just think you need to get back out there, Harmony. You’re never going to meet ‘The One’ if you’re hiding in this house with Heaven and Honor. Jake is a nice guy…”
Oh, goody… her sister was going to blather on about the elusive ‘One’. Harmony sighed as she listened with half an ear as her sis continued to go on and on about all of Jake’s wonderful qualities. She couldn’t deny that she agreed with most of what Faith said. After spending the last several weeks chatting with the mountain of a man, even she couldn’t argue that she was definitely attracted to him.
Sure, he had that whole bad boy, dominating alpha male vibe about him that a woman instinctively gravitated toward because it made her feel safe and sexy, but there was something more, too. It was some unnamed quality that drew her to him when normally she shied away from men…especially the handsome ones. She just couldn’t put her finger on exactly what it was that made her feel so comfortable with him. Even though a blind woman could see that he had an invisible danger sign hanging above his head, he made her want to take a risk.
And that exact point was exactly how she fell into the trap that her precocious daughter had laid for her last week and accepted a date with him. Faith’s droning words interrupted her drifting thoughts, and Harmony found herself jerked back to the present.
“…and seriously, anybody that would put himself between a woman he doesn’t even know and another man’s fist is a man we should all want on our side,” Faith preached, now pulling church dresses from the closet and discarding each one quickly.
Exchanging an amused grin with Patience, Harmony bit her lip to stifle a chuckle. Yep, her newly married sister was in fine form. Of course, Faith had good reason to think so highly of Jake. He’d saved her ass a month ago when a bar brawl had broken out in their café. The man could do no wrong in her eyes. And since the middle McKinnon was happily immersed in marital bliss, she naturally wanted to help all her sisters achieve the delightful union , too.
Unfortunately, though, Faith had decided to start with poor Harmony, who had been the one that had organized the wedding ceremony and helped make all her wedding dreams into realities. Honor and Patience were too busy being thrilled that they weren’t her first project to be of much help. A quick look at Patience confirmed that she, too, was trying her best not to laugh at Faith’s diatribe.
“Are you listening to me?” Faith asked over her shoulder as she shoved another skirt back into the closet.
“Every single word,” Harmony confirmed tiredly, yawning as she mentally reviewed her to do list for the next day. Between her shift at the bar, her online class in the early afternoon, and the invitations she needed to finalize for the Trammell wedding, she might have just enough time to take a bubble bath before she picked Heaven up from Aunt Orla’s house. It was a busy time for her, but she finally felt like she was making progress in her life. For that, she really ought to think nicer thoughts about Faith. Thanks to her sister and Cain, she had a thriving second career going as a wedding planner. In the short month since her sibling had taken her vows, she’d already been hired to manage four occasions over the next two months. The income from her little enterprise was contributing a nice chunk toward a down payment on a much-wanted home of her own for her and her daughter.
“The man on the moon hears you, Faith,” Patience added, pushing lavender streaks of hair off her face.