Rescued (Flowers of the Bayou) by Lam Arlene

Author:Lam, Arlene [Lam, Arlene]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

Margaret sipped from her mint julep coolly and with poise, an action that would no doubt have given her mother great pride if she were only there to see it. The rain had put a damper on their festivities but Jasper soon lightened everyone’s mood by joking carelessly and flirting relentlessly with the girls.

The girls Jessie, Leonora and Nina, though they would laugh and giggle at every slick remark it seemed as if their minds were far away from the goings-on at the moment. They were such pretty girls, indeed not girls but women. Jessie had flawless dark chocolate skin and fine features to compliment the set of perfect brows and exaggerated eyelashes. Jasper had taken note of them at least a hundred times already.

Her short cropped hair was placed in tight curls all about her head bringing out bright brown eyes with a cat-like appearance and Margaret believed she was the most exotic looking woman she’d seen in a long time. The other two looked more like sisters than the rightful pair. Slightly lighter more of a darkened caramel, they were nearly of the same height which towered over Margaret’s five seven. They were undeniably ideal, tall and slender. They both donned identical hairstyles of two French braids to the back tied with a simple yellow bow. They talked nearly the same and even agreed on the same things. What they agreed on now however was that they should be getting along soon.

A revelation seeing how they had arrived no more than a half an hour ago and it was pouring outside. All three however fidgeted with their hands and looked to the door almost every other minute.

Margaret would have written it all off if her husband had not joined in with the strange ritual not too long after. It was then that she really noticed that something was wrong. Something was missing. “Where’s Jordan?”

“I thought we were missing a guest or two.” Glen Jackson spoke, then turning to the three girls. “Where’s Amelia?’’

“Oh Lord.” Margaret muttered under her breath and looked to her husband with much disapproval.

Jasper leaned down to his wife to whisper in her ear. “He’s a big boy. I can’t make his decisions for him.”

“You could try.” Turning so that her back faced her husband’s chest she quieted her tone, not wanting to be overheard, after all Glen was still waiting for his question to be answered and she wanted to hear the response.

Jessie looked to her sister Leonora who looked much like a startled deer then to Nina who had put on her nervous smile. She almost laughed right out loud, but let the sound die in her throat. “Amelia wasn’t feeling all that good. In fact she was feelin’ downright gawd’ awful and powerful tired this morning so she just decided to stay on in bed.” Smiling to herself for the quick cover up, Jessie went in to finish up. “But who knows, that girl she really was wanting to come she might show up after all.

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