Even Heroes Cry, Fords of Nashville, Book 1 by Hildie McQueen

Author:Hildie McQueen [McQueen, Hildie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Pink Door Publishing
Published: 2014-11-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Tesha opened the front door to four women. Mrs. Miller and two friends along with Cassie who held a box of cupcakes. "Surprise! Happy birthday!" they yelled in unison.

They each hugged her as they traipsed in. Cassie pushed Tesha into a chair. "You relax. We brought the party."

Wine was poured. Mrs. Miller arranged the cupcakes on a tray while the other two ladies piled Chinese food onto plates that were passed around. Before long, the women were laughing and prodding Cassie to share her now famous bad date stories. Tesha looked around the table at Mrs. Miller, her friends Carol and Debbie and lastly to Cassie who waddled around imitating some guy's walk, and her heart expanded.

Women knew what it was like to be alone on a birthday, no one to share the special day with. It turned out Carol and Debbie were also widows. So they'd formed a bond of sorts.

"What about you, Tesha?" Mrs. Miller prodded. "I'm sure you had a date gone wrong."

"I did." Tesha took a swallow of wine. "The first time I went out with a guy after David died. He ordered steak the same as David and I began bawling. I couldn't stop crying. You should have seen the look on the poor guy's face. And then his expression tickled me so much I started laughing hysterically. To top it off, I drank my wine in two gulps and ordered three more glasses. By the end of the night my eyes were swollen, my makeup gone and I was drunk." She waited for the women to stop laughing. "I can't imagine why he didn't call me again?"

Mrs. Miller burped and they erupted into fits of giggles. "At least you girls haven't tried dating in your sixties. Carol and I went on a double date, both our dates fell asleep during the movie. When the movie ended my date wouldn't wake up so after ensuring he was still alive. I left him there." Once again they burst into laughter.

Cassie handed Tesha a small bag. "Happy birthday."

Tesha dug out a small stained glass teapot that twirled on a wire. "It's beautiful. Thank you." The overhead light caught the glass perfectly sending reflections around the room.

The women watched in anticipation as she opened the next present, a rectangular cardboard box tied with a blue mesh ribbon. Nestled in the box was a carved hand painted wooden sign with the words New Horizon etched into the wood.

Tesha sniffed as she held it up. "It's beautiful, I love it. I knew the house would name itself."

"I remember you saying you weren't sure what you planned to call this house." Mrs. Miller smiled brightly. "We thought this was an appropriate name. Carol, Debbie, and I ordered it a week ago from a local artist. He did a great job."

"I absolutely love the name." Tesha meant it. "I'm going to get Mr. Shanty to put it up by the front door."

"There's more," Mrs. Miller looked to Debbie. ”Tell her."

Debbie a retired schoolteacher smiled widely.

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