A Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set Five by K.J. Emrick

Author:K.J. Emrick [Emrick, K. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Coast Publishing

Chapter 6

They decided to wait until after dinner to talk to Colby about her spirit communication. That way both of them could be home and everyone would have eaten and that might make their questions and concerns seem a little less adversarial. That was a big word that their young daughter might not understand, but she would certainly know the feeling of being ganged up on. Doing it this way would keep them from being the bad guys.

“We’re just concerned about you,” Jon said, leaning back in his chair at the kitchen table.

His plate was empty except for a few kernels of corn. The meal had been delicious, pork chops and parmesan pasta and a veggie side. They’d laughed at Colby’s funny stories about things that happened at school, and now there was ice cream waiting for them in the freezer.

This talk had to come first.

“You understand, right?” Darcy turned her drink glass in her fingers, around and around. “We’re worried you could have been seriously hurt. Or, if that candle had caught something on fire we might not have a house to be eating chocolate fudge ice cream in.”

“I know, Mom.” Colby squirmed a little in the third chair at the table. There was a leaf that could be put in to make it seat up to six, but for just them they liked to keep things simple. “I understand. I’m sorry. I said that yesterday, remember? But nothing happened. I was fine. There wasn’t any fire. Plus, I had Smudge and Tiptoe with me. They were watching out for me just like I’ve seen Smudge do with you. Tiptoe came and got you when the candle fell over, didn’t she?”

“Yes, honey, she did, but what if I hadn’t been close by? What if your door hadn’t been open?”

Colby pushed the bone from her pork chop around on her plate with her fork. “Mom. I know all this. I said I was sorry. I promise I won’t do it again until you teach me how. I promise.”

Jon caught Darcy’s eye, and with his head he motioned toward the living room. Colby was pouting down at her plate and didn’t see him but Darcy got the message. With a little nod of her own, she told him to go ahead.

Standing up, Jon picked up his plate and Darcy’s, and then stacked Colby’s on top of it, pretending the plates were leaning too far this way, and then too far that way…

Colby picked her head up, giggling at her father’s antics.

“Whoa… whoa…” He staggered to one side, and then the other, spinning around in a full circle with the plates high above his head and then dropping them—gently—into the sink while he held onto the edge of the countertop. “Wow, did you see that? It was like the leaning tower of dishes! That was absolutely crazy! I could have died!”

“Oh, Dad,” Colby laughed as she bounced in her chair. “You’re so silly.”

Jon staggered in his tracks again, “accidentally” falling into Colby

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