Come Rain or Shine by Allison Jewell

Author:Allison Jewell [Jewell, Allison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Sagas, Romance, Historical
ISBN: 1493573705
Amazon: B00GNICK4M
Published: 2013-11-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-nine

Emmie had never before seen two people so happy to see one another. Gabe and Ava were alone, away from the others. They were standing about ten feet from the small fire on the far side of the rink. She saw Gabe rest his hand on her abdomen as he said something. Emmie turned away from them. Their moment was too private to watch, but her heart warmed for Ava. Of course it was silly for them to be out here sneaking around when tomorrow Ava will give the rest of her life to him, but Emmie also thought it was romantic. She turned to Silas as something dawned on her.

“You set up this whole party just so Ava could see Gabe?” she asked.

Silas nodded and shrugged. “It’s no big deal. We would have met here sooner or later anyway. It’s a tradition.” He pointed to the right. “See the house way off in the distance? It’s dark but if you look closely you can just see the smoke coming from a couple chimneys.”

She frowned and squinted in the darkness. After a moment she could just see the darker outline of a house. Emmie thought it looked more like a mansion than a house. She looked back at him confused.

“It’s Old Man Dan’s house. He built this rink when we were teens for his grandchildren but they rarely come around. He keeps it ready for them though just in case. We sneak out here but part of me thinks he knows. I’ve only met him a time or two. He’s practically a hermit, the way he keeps to himself in that house,” Silas explained.

“It’s a tradition to come out to some ice rink in this old man’s field and freeze your rear off in the middle of the night?” Emmie teased, trying to make him smile.

He did give her a crooked grin as he spoke but it didn’t quite meet his eyes. “Do you need a warm up again?”

Emmie laughed. She wished he didn’t look so tense. He’d been so relaxed a few minutes ago. She went back over their last conversation in her mind. I like it but it’s not home . . . That’s what she’d told him. Sometimes words flew out of her mouth before she had the chance to think of their meaning.

Emmie looked up at Silas. He was taking something from Trick. Some sort of black shoes. When she looked down at Trick’s feet she noticed he had on the same strange boots. He squeezed her shoulder after passing off the boots.

“You giving it a try?” Trick asked with a grin so wide that showed his dimples.

Emmie looked back out to the rink. Nearly everyone was making their way out on the ice. Men, women—they were all wearing the same shoes. They were ice skating. She’d heard Ava mention it but she’d never seen a pair of the crazy shoes.

“Umm. I don’t have any of those shoes,” she answered him. They both knew she was just making excuses.

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