Ready to Wed by Melody Carlson

Author:Melody Carlson [Carlson, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Guideposts
Published: 0100-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Y’all are not going to believe what we did last night,” said Belle at breakfast Saturday. She was wearing a hot-pink sweater set and sitting between the twins.

“You went to Potterston, right?” said Jane, noticing that Shelby hadn’t made an appearance at breakfast yet. “That narrows it down a bit.”

“We went bowling.”

“Bowling,” said Alice. “Was it fun?”

“I’ll say.” Belle nodded and poked each of the brothers playfully with her elbows. “And these two cleaned our clocks. We played boys against girls, and the twins just kept getting strike after strike. They neglected to tell Shelby and me that they were the champs of the Bronson bowling league until after the damage was done. But it was such a hoot.”

“We got to ride in Belle’s car too,” said one of the twins. Jane still wasn’t sure which twin was which.

“It’s a real hot rod,” said the other. “I thought for sure Belle was going to get a speeding ticket.”

“Oh, I wasn’t going that fast,” she said. “I barely hit seventy.”

“Seventy?” Louise looked shocked. “Goodness, Belle. You are lucky you didn’t get a ticket.”

“Or in a wreck,” said Alice.

“Our son-in-law had a bad wreck this winter,” said Mr. Blankenship. “He’s still having back problems because of it.”

“Oh, now,” said Mrs. Blankenship, “let’s talk about something more cheerful. No sense in scaring these kids.”

“Kids,” said one of the twins to the other, his green eyes twinkling. “Here we are almost forty, Ron, and someone just called us kids. You gotta love that.”

“Speaking of kids,” said Jane. “Does either of you have any?”

“We both do,” said Ron. “I have a daughter who just started college last fall.” “Me too,” said Don.

“You too?” Alice peered curiously at both of them. “You mean you both have daughters the same age?”

“Born just a week apart,” said Ron.

“Both have red hair,” added Don.

“Could pass for sisters,” said Ron.

“Almost like twins?” ventured Louise.

“Like the Patty Duke show back in the sixties,” said Alice. “Remember the look-alike cousins?”

“Both played by Patty Duke,” said Louise.

“I read an interesting article about twins,” began Alice. “It said they often lead parallel lives. They did a study that included twins separated at birth, and they discovered that twins made similar decisions. Often they chose similar careers, even selected similar mates, frequently marrying persons with the same name.”

“Our wives were both brunettes,” said Ron. “Linda and Brenda.”

“Well, that’s close, isn’t it?” continued Alice as she refilled Mrs. Blankenship’s coffee cup. “Also the twins in the study had children about the same time, not unlike you two gentlemen. Rather mysteriously interesting, I thought.”

“Too bad you didn’t have twins yourselves,” said Louise. “To carry on the twin tradition.”

“Our girls act like they’re twins,” said Don. “They’re at the same university and both want to go into medicine.”

“More twins in the family would’ve been fun,” said Ron sadly.

“Yes,” agreed Don. “I remember when Linda was pregnant and we were hoping it was twins.”

“Well, you’re both young enough to have more children,” said Belle. “If you were to marry again, that is.

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