WG2E All-For-Indies Anthologies: Viva La Valentine Edition by D. D. Scott Page B

game. The best part is we’ll be in one of the
Crown Suites, courtesy of Antonio Morris. We have a busy day
tomorrow. Let’s go for a drive and talk about it,” He said raising
Jan from the sofa by the hand.
    “I think Grant and I are heading out,” Pat
said, seeming to understand that he was trying to get Jan out of
the house.
    “We’ll stop by and see you before you leave
on Monday. Okay?”
    Mac nodded and kissed her cheek then led Jan
out the back door to the car.
    Neither of them brought up his mother’s
concerns during the twenty-plus mile drive into downtown Dallas to
the Hyatt Regency’s Reunion Tower. “I want to show you a view you
can only get in Dallas,” he said as they took the elevator up to
the restaurant.
    “I thought you might enjoy a nightcap with a
view.” He waved his arm toward a breathtaking panoramic view of
Dallas-Fort Worth when the doors opened onto the glass-walled
eatery. “I also thought you might need a break from my family.”
    “Your family is great, Mac, and so is this
view.”
    “I wanted to give you some breathing room and
apologize for my mother. She can be overpowering at times.”
    Jan lowered her gaze. “Suppose she’s right.”
She said softly. “There’s a saying that goes something like, ‘your
mama knows you better than you know yourself.’”
    “Well, in this case it doesn’t apply. She
likes you, Jan. I can tell. She’s just desperate to be a
grandmother. That’s all. Put it out of your mind and focus your
thoughts on me for a little while. Okay?’
    “Okay,” Jan gazed out over the twinkling
skyline. “Thanks for bringing me here. This view is fabulous.”
    “I thought you’d appreciate it. Now, let’s
talk about tomorrow. Do your parent’s know we won’t be spending the
day with them?”
    “They will in the morning.”
    • • •
    Jan smelled fresh coffee brewing before she
even got out of the shower. When she finished dressing, she heard
Mac’s voice coming from the kitchen. When she walked in to join
them, he grabbed her around the waist and greeted her with a slow,
drugging kiss Jan was a little too passionate for his parents to
witness. An unwelcome blush heated her cheeks. When he released
her, John added to her embarrassment.
    “Aww, look at that girl blush. Don’t worry
about it, Jan. Sinclair men can be very demonstrative when we want
to. Isn’t that right, Ruthie?” He gave Jan a wink and palmed his
wife’s behind.
    Ruth flushed miserably then cleared her
throat. “I was just asking Mac if they were coming to church with
us this morning. There are lots of people who’d love to see
him.”
    “And I was just telling her that we made
plans to go to the game,” he answered quickly.
    “You’d have plenty of time to get to the
stadium after church lets out,” Ruth implored.
    “I know, Mom, but we have to get our tickets
from Will Call, and I don’t want to cut it too close,” Mac
explained.
    “Well, you two are supposed to be here to
have a good time,” his father jumped in. “So get in everything you
can. What time is your flight tomorrow?”
    “Not until six-twenty-five tomorrow evening.
I promise we’ll spend the afternoon with you guys after I take Jan
downtown shopping first thing in the morning. Right now we’ve got
to run. The service starts at seven thirty, and I hear it’s always
packed.”
    “You’re not going to eat breakfast?” Ruth
protested, her voice filled with disappointment.
    “We’ll get something before the game, Mom.”
He gave her a peck on the cheek, took Jan by the hand and led her
out the door to the carport.
    He and Jan ate breakfast at a restaurant not
far from Cowboys Stadium and went to pick up their VIP passes at
the will call window. Once they found their way to the Crown
Suites, the luxury and the bird’s eye view of the field wowed Jan,
much to Mac’s pleasure. Antonio left instructions with the staff to
serve them whatever suited their fancy. The Cowboys were going up
against