Emily's Chance (v5) by Sharon Gillenwater

Author:Sharon Gillenwater
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781410435361
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2009-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

16

On Monday, Emily, Sue, and half a dozen others started going through the Bradley-Tucker House. They meticulously recorded everything. Later, a smaller committee, along with Emily, would divide the items into three categories – keep, think about, and let Linda handle it. Emily would determine what would be used in the museum to start with and what would stay with the house.

She was impressed with their organization. Sue divided them up, two people to a room, and by midafternoon on Friday, they had completely inventoried the downstairs. Sue, Frannie, Maybelle, and Ed were antiques experts. Where some of the others stated things like “pretty blue bowl,” they would usually show the maker, pattern, and general time period.

They agreed to wait until Monday to start on the second floor. Emily figured that would go fairly quickly too. The garages would take longer since there were hundreds of boxes, many not labeled. They would save the attic for last. Emily, Sue, Ed, and Jim were the only ones who could go up and down the steep stairs above the second floor, and Jim could only help occasionally. Emily hoped to start setting up some exhibits in a few weeks while the others finished the sorting.

After everyone left, she worked at the kitchen table for a while, entering the lists in the computer and making notes. When her cell phone dinged, she picked it up, noting she had a text message from Chance. Smiling, she read his note.

“Still ^ 4 pancakes 2nite?”

Quickly tapping the letters on her phone, she replied: “Yum.” She’d never been to a pancake supper, but since it was a fund-raiser for the Fire Victims Fund, she was certainly willing to participate. Pancakes were good anytime.

His reply came a few minutes later. “Meet u hi school 5:30?”

“OK.” She set the phone on the table and went back to work, but the bell on the phone chimed again.

“XOXOX”

Hugs and kisses. Grinning, Emily set the lists aside. “Well, that shoots my concentration.” Relaxing for a minute, she let her mind drift back to their picnic on Sunday.

After they left the mesa, they drove around for a while, checking the cattle. She was amazed that he knew how many and even which ones were supposed to be in that pasture. He said each cow on the ranch had some unique characteristic that set it apart from the others. Evidently, everyone who worked with the cattle could tell the difference, though many of the cows looked the same to her.

After he was satisfied that all the stock in that area were accounted for and looked healthy, he found a picturesque spot along Jack’s Creek to park the truck. They lazed on the creek bank beneath the shade of a weeping willow while he played his guitar.

He even gave her a short guitar lesson. It was mostly an excuse for her to sit in front of him so he could wrap his arms around her and show her how to position her fingers on the strings and strum.

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