Of course she was really grateful for the extra donations of food. That had been wonderful. She hated the weeks when meal after meal was rice or pasta with some vegetables and maybe a piece of fresh fruit or, even worse, just soup and bread. So to have a full nutritious meal, plus a dessert, was amazing. And the people were so grateful. A number of them walked around to the café to thank George and Dorrie. But they’d all worked damn hard to get everything saved in time. Tuesday went smoothly. It was the male shower day, and as usual, Maia and her men were there for that. There was no sign Maia was pregnant yet, except maybe her breasts were a little fuller. But since she and Zoe planned to wear the dresses they’d worn for Leah’s wedding, it was just as well Maia’s body shape hadn’t changed much. One of the parishioners from the church had paid for their dresses as a wedding gift to Leah, and she’d bought a matching one in blue for Leah to wear to Maia’s wedding, which was beyond generous of her.
