Chapter 29

For that moment though, dark and quiet were more than enough.

“Vaughn?”

Vaughn laid his head back and closed his eyes. “Hm?”

“You think it would be all right if I borrowed them tomorrow to help me finish the cookies?”

“Who?”

“The kids. I promised them they could decorate, and we didn’t get the chance. I thought maybe if I asked you first this time…”

Vaughn turned his head and when Randy caught his eyes, Randy could have melted into them right then and there. Such an awesome color: brown, yet not. Gold, yet not. They were more like the dark topaz that Randy had once had in a ring—the kind of eyes that made Randy think that if he wasn’t careful, he just might fall into them and get lost forever. And for just a moment, he did. Then in the shape of Vaughn’s lips. And the cut of Vaughn’s jaw. But the second that Randy found Vaughn’s gaze again, Vaughn turned away, and it was gone.