14
BEN
"Aren't you two matchmaking old biddies," I grumbled, standing with my friends Liam Anderson and Seth Barnes. We milled around outside of the church with the other men of the congregation while the ladies organized and readied the monthly pot luck at the tables set up beneath the large shade trees. The hymns were sung, the sermon delivered and now it was time to socialize. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm, a slight breeze blowing the tall Montana grasses. "Since when have you decided I need a woman?"
"Decided? Us?" Liam negligently pointed at Seth and himself. "We didn't decide. You've already chosen her."
"Leah needs a protector and we've seen you eyeing her like a fifteen year old with his first crush," Seth countered.
I rubbed the back of my neck at their blunt scruti
