Almost As Much (The Cherished Memories Book 3) by Linda Ellen

Author:Linda Ellen [Ellen, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Family & Domestic Life, Young Children-Boys, Historical Romance, The Cherished Memories, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Love Possibility, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 9780990904458
Publisher: Linda Ellen
Published: 2016-08-19T04:00:00+00:00

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CHAPTER 14

We’ll Be Seeing You, Billy Boy

The whopper of a wasp nest became the fodder for many jokes and comments. Duke told the story to anyone who would listen, and each time Vic overheard a telling, the nest got bigger…and bigger…and bigger.

The task, of course, had fallen to Vic to get the dead nest down to toss in the garbage can. What a monster! Privately, he conceded that if he’d been the one to sling the turpentine, he might embellish the tale a bit himself, although the reality was frightening enough on its own.

That summer wasn’t all fun and games, however.

Two months later, on what promised to be a hot day in July, judging by the temperature during the night, Louise awoke with a deep feeling of dread. She tried to look around, but the room was pitch dark except for a tiny sliver of light seeping past the edge of the curtain, owing to the streetlight out front.

Lying in bed beside a sleeping Vic, she pressed one hand to her chest, and laid the other arm over her eyes as another wave of fear swept through her. What is wrong? Something bad is going to happen today…I just know it. Oh, please God, don’t let anything happen to the baby…or Vic, or the kids, or Mama… She lay there for several minutes with her heart pounding triple time before finally deciding to get up and go splash cold water on her face. Maybe I’m just too hot. Or that fish we had for supper last night was bad…

Swinging her legs out of bed, she padded out to the hall and across to the bathroom.

Moments later, toweling her face dry, an image of her brother, Billy, came into her mind so clear, it was as if he was standing right beside her. He gave her a tiny smile, but his eyes looked sad and sort of empty.

Billy? Louise stood still, wondering if something might be wrong with her brother. Could he be in some kind of danger? Searching her mind, she realized it had been quite a while since she had seen him. She knew he rented a tiny room somewhere downtown and had been getting by playing drums and sometimes piano – which he had taught himself – in a little joint in the West End. She smiled at that thought, wondering from whom she and Billy had gotten their musical talents, because neither one of their parents could carry a tune in a bucket.

However, with a cringe, she thought about the fact that Billy had been drinking…whiskey…a lot…ever since he had returned from serving in the Army during the Korean War. She had remained very concerned about him after his discharge, when the family found out about an incident on board the ship returning from overseas. He had been minding his own business, standing at the rail, when a fellow soldier on the deck above dropped a helmet – and it had hit Billy in the head, knocking him out! He had been unconscious for several minutes and suffered a mild concussion.

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