Rebecca by Lily Graison

Author:Lily Graison [Graison, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-13T06:00:00+00:00

They were seated in the far corner at Diana’s insistence. She’d not wanted to sit by the window, the air was colder there she’d said, so he’d asked for a table near the back wall.

Orders placed, they waited in silence. He couldn’t think of a single thing to say. Diana took in the room, smiling at anyone who looked her way before fussing with the napkin in her lap. Apparently, she had nothing to say either. The silence grew uncomfortable and was near deafening now that they were here.

At his mother’s urging, Caleb had asked Diana to dinner in town and he hadn’t hesitated in doing so. He barely knew this woman he’d agreed to marry, and he worked so many hours, getting to know her seemed almost impossible as he was gone from sunup to sundown. By the time he made it home, cleaned up, and ate supper, it was bedtime so they never had a chance to talk. He knew nothing about her other than what she’d told him in her letter and it seemed half of that wasn’t even true. He was more confused by her than anything. She was a complete mystery.

He cleared his throat and said, “So,” when the silence stretched too long. “What do you think of Angel Creek? Is it much different from Charleston?”

Something flashed in her eyes so quick, he wasn’t able to catch it but she gave him a tiny smile before fidgeting with her napkin again. “They’re not much different. Well, other than the number of people that live here.”

“Did you enjoy living there?”

She kept her eyes down. “For the most part. The city was beautiful before the war and the beaches were my favorite place. I could spend all day long hanging out by the shore.”

“Sounds nice. I’ve never seen the ocean.”

“It's the only thing I’ll miss about it.” She lifted her head. “Have you lived here your whole life?”

“In Montana, yes. Ruth and I moved to Angel Creek right before Amanda was born. My parents had already settled here. It wasn’t much more than a stagecoach stop along the trail back then so I’ve been able to see it grow over the years.”

“Do you like it?”

The question gave him pause. Did he enjoy living here? “I don’t know. I suppose so.” He shrugged. “Life is simple. I get up, go to work, come home, and do it all over again the next day.”

She nodded her head. “I know what you mean. It was that way in Charleston. Just the same old thing every day. My routine never changed. That's why I stayed on that train when I got on it.”

Her eyes widened a fraction as her cheeks went pink. He wanted to ask what made her face heat like that but their food arrived and neither said anything as they started to eat. Halfway through their meal, a shadow fell over the table. He lifted his head to find Julia Bailey and Caroline Larsen smiling down at them.

Julia was the first to speak.

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