I Dream of Twila: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Lee Amanda M

Author:Lee, Amanda M. [Lee, Amanda M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: WinchesterShaw Publications
Published: 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

Six

C herry was a lovely houseguest, full of stories and energy. She went out of her way to engage the girls and me while giving Aunt Tillie a wide berth. I thought things were fine until Cherry announced that she wouldn’t be able to catch a ride with her renaissance festival cohorts until the following day at the earliest. She had to wait for a confirmation call as well.

I was okay with that – the house is huge, after all – but I thought Aunt Tillie’s head would pop off her neck there was so much steam pouring out of her mouth. She wasn’t happy in the slightest, which left me with a dark feeling in the pit of my stomach.

“So, how long has your family lived here?” Cherry sat in the living room drinking a glass of iced tea as I put together the weekly shopping list and kept one eye on Aunt Tillie. She kept running in and out of the room, whispering something to the girls before leaving again. At present only Thistle remained in the living room with me. Bay and Clove were off doing something with Aunt Tillie.

That couldn’t be good. Aunt Tillie whines and complains that the girls are always up to mischief, but she often encourages them to engage in trouble.

“Oh, well, the property has been in our family for a really long time,” I explained, forcing myself to focus on Cherry even though I was fairly certain potential mayhem lurked somewhere in the house. “I can’t remember the exact year – I’ve never been good with history – but our ancestors bought the house. It started as a one-room cabin, and the surrounding area was for farming.”

“Oh, wow. That sounds exciting.” Cherry’s eyes sparkled. If she sensed something else was happening, she didn’t show it. Despite her prognostication about Sugar’s return, I was back to wondering whether or not she was a complete and total fraud.

“I didn’t know them or anything,” I offered. “That was before my time.”

“Barely,” Thistle quipped, earning a dark look from me before turning her attention back to the bookshelf she pretended to peruse. She made sure not to get too close to Cherry, but she kept a rather obvious eye on the woman’s movements. Occasionally she’d poke her head into the kitchen for a few seconds before returning to the books. It was all very suspicious.

“How did the house grow to be this big?”

“Oh, well, it passed through generations of Winchesters, and each generation added something to the house. At one point it was transformed into a modified Victorian, with the bulk of the original homestead taking up the back area of the house.”

“And now you’re going to turn it into an inn,” Cherry mused, seemingly impressed. “That is a massive undertaking.”

“We’ve been working toward this goal for a very long time,” I explained. “We love cooking, and the idea of running our own business is something we’ve dreamed about since we were little girls.”

“Still, it must be an expensive undertaking,” Cherry prodded.

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