DS 03 From the Ashes by Emrick K.J

Author:Emrick, K.J. [Emrick, K.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Cozy Mystery
Published: 2013-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Wanting to look her best Darcy dressed carefully in a sleek black dress, one of the few she owned. She had always been a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. Tonight she wanted to impress, though. Her mother was always full of comments about the way Darcy dressed. She was hoping this way, at least, that would be one less thing for Eileen to gripe about.

She had managed to finish cooking the seasoned chicken breasts and pasta without any major disasters. The table was set, the salad started. She was even surprising herself.

The doorbell rang at exactly six-thirty. Darcy opened the door to find Grace, Aaron and Eileen on the other side. She put on her best smile and soon everyone was seated at the kitchen table while Darcy flitted about doing last minute things like putting the rolls in the oven. Without asking, her mom sat down at the head of the table. Sitting ramrod straight she folded her hands in her lap.

As her mother was checking her watch for the third time and raising her eyebrows, Jon came walking through the door with the cheesecake she had asked him to pick up from the La Di Da deli. Darcy swept over to him and took the desert out of his hands. “Thank goodness you’re here,” she whispered.

Jon kissed her modestly on her cheek and whispered back. “I’m always here for you. We should talk about Angelica later.” Then, after introductions were made, he sat down across from Grace and Aaron. Eileen began to chat with him about the town, the upcoming harvest festival and his police work. Darcy was relieved that her mom was being so civil with him. It made a pleasant change.

Darcy served up the dinner which was surprisingly good. She got compliments from everyone, including her mother.

As the night progressed and things seemed to be going great Darcy relaxed a little. Eileen had been very well behaved and hadn’t said anything inappropriate all night.

She should have known it was too good to last. Darcy was serving slices of the cheesecake when Eileen asked Jon right out of the blue, “So Jon, when are you going to propose to my daughter?”

The room went completely silent and Darcy felt the heat rushing into her face as her cheeks turned bright red.

“When the moment is right,” Jon said without missing a beat, as if he’d been expecting the question. “We’ve actually been talking about our next step, haven’t we Darcy?”

She sat down a little heavily with her own plate of cheesecake and stared at him dumbly. Somehow she couldn’t help but think that her mom would know that he’d been asking to move in with her and, worse, that she had been seriously considering it. All she could do was nod and hope the truth didn’t show in her eyes. She felt like a school girl caught making out in her room.

Eileen beamed, though, happy at the news. “Excellent! Don’t wait too long, Jon. Life goes on without you if you do.

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