Chapter 315

"Should we tell everybody tonight?" Mandy asked as they roamed the aisles of the local grocery store, picking up the ingredients for S'mores. The clubhouse was having a bonfire tonight, and everyone was expected to be there—including Deacon and Samuel.

The trouble they'd waited for had yet to show up, and they were all excited to spend some time together. It was almost too quiet, but they were enjoying it.

"Everybody'll be there," he reasoned. "It'll be way easier to do it once than to do it a hundred times; then no one will be allowed to spoil it for anyone else. I say let's do it."

She had never been one to do the cutesy stuff, and she was too excited to keep it a secret for long. Being able to share this with Dalton and her family was all she'd ever wanted to do in the first place.

"We got everything?" he asked as they took inventory of their cart. "Graham crackers, Hershey's, marshmallows, and a package of Kit Kat's for the lady in my life."

She blushed. She'd been cravin