At the last minute, Alex had decided to invite his in-laws to the barbecue and they would arrive at noon.A weird, unsettled feeling had kept her up most of the night after he left so abruptly. Worry that he would change his mind or find that Paige was lacking compared to his wife made her so jittery she couldn’t paint.During their weekly phone call she thought briefly about telling her mother the whole truth about Alex, but Dot was on a tangent about a new curator at a minor gallery in St. Louis. This was not the time to mention Alex’s paternity, their developing romance or his steady relationship with Kaylie. Now she was glad she hadn’t talked about the date with Alex. One big change at a time, and finding out Kaylie had a father was a big enough change.Kaylie was in a mood and Alex would be here any second. The dress she’d worn the night of their first date caught her eye and for a second Paige considered wearing it. She liked the way the silk felt against her skin, how the color seemed to make her skin glow.A dress.To a family barbecue.She was losing it.Paige pushed the dress to the back of her closet before grabbing her favorite jeans and a pair of ballet flats, along with a side-tie blouse with pretty flowers along the hem.It was a family dinner.
