A Soldier's Honor (The Riley Code Book 1)
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“We have a big house, cara. We’ll fit and have room to spare. Besides, it’s possible some people won’t come. You can stop worrying.”
I’d never stop worrying, because I’d rather endure a dozen Microsoft patches than attend a party. But here we were—party planning central.
Forcing myself to keep my mind on the task at hand, I resumed studying the spreadsheets. “Do I have to iron napkins?” I asked.
Slash looked up from the spreadsheet. “What?”
“The napkins. The book said formal events required ironed napkins. But now that I think about it, we don’t have napkins to be ironed.”
Slash started to say something and then shut his mouth. After another beat, he asked, “What book?”
“Party Planning for Dummies. They have separate chapters for formal and informal events. Formal events require cloth napkins. Do I need to buy some? More importantly, I’ve never ironed a napkin before and the book isn’t terribly clear on how to do it properly.
Slash put his hand over mine, stopping me before I could write it down. “We are not buying or ironing cloth napkins. This is not a formal gathering. This is a casual party with close friends and family. It’s being catered, so we need to do little more than show up.”
“Easy for you to say. You don’t mind the showing up part.”
“I like it better than the party planning part, I admit.” He put a hand on my back and made circles with his fingers. “We’ve got this. We’ll email the invites, pay the caterer, keep the house clean, and we’re done. People will come, congratulate us, look at the house, eat, drink and make small talk. One evening—over and out.”
He made it sound easy. I only hoped he was right. In hindsight, I should have known better.
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A Soldier’s Honor
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