Ellen smiled again. “Evan told us a lot about you over the years. He wrote to me saying we should meet. I’m beginning to think he was right,” she said. There was that intensity in her eyes that bored into Jeffers. Something about her was captivating to him.
“I’m glad I came,” he said.
“I’ll tell you what, why don’t you stay for a day or two. I have some days off and there’s a little festival this weekend in Bowling Green. I’d like to take you,” she said.
“I don’t know, I was on my way home. Besides I don’t want to be a bother,” he said.
“Rod, you may as well give up. Evan and I gave up long ago in changing her mind,” said Ethan from the kitchen.
Jeffers looked at her smile once more. He could feel himself weaken. “You’re sure I won’t be a bother?”
“Rod, it’s no bother. You can either stay here or at my apartment. But I really want you to stay,” she said earnestly.
He could tell she meant it. A smile crept over his face. He raised his hand and placed it against her cheek. She leaned into it. “I guess I can’t say no,” he said.
She placed her hand over his and held it against her cheek. Rod felt a surge of emotion sweep through him. She was the one. He couldn’t wait to take her home to meet Grandma Hattie.