Serenity (Inevitable Book 5) by Janet Nissenson

Author:Janet Nissenson [Nissenson, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2017-04-24T18:30:00+00:00

“He’s a nice boy, isn’t he? Well mannered, respectful, smart. And apparently he likes animals, too. That alone would give him high marks in my book.”

Sasha grinned at her aunt. “Are you referring to Casey or Matthew? Because that could describe both of them. Especially at the moment.”

The two women laughed as they watched Matthew and his son playing an enthusiastic game of fetch with the three dogs currently residing with Linda. OJ the cat was curled up contentedly on Sasha’s lap, while at least three other cats prowled through the cottage.

Sasha, Matthew, and Casey had made the drive to Stinson Beach in time to join Linda for a delicious lunch of homemade green chilé cheese enchiladas, Mexican rice, and a salad. Linda was Mexican by birth, but had emigrated to New Mexico as an infant and had grown up in the Taos area. After college, she had set off to explore much of Central and South American, looking for inspiration for her art, and it had been during a trip to Brazil that she had met Joaquim Fonseca. Theirs had been a passionate but relatively short-lived marriage, given that Joaquim was very much a ladies man and hadn’t let a little thing like wedding vows stand in his way. Linda had returned to the States after the divorce, and eventually found her way to Marin County. She rarely traveled these days, claiming that it was just too much of a hassle, and too difficult to find someone to take care of all of her animals. But Sasha suspected that Linda’s broken heart had never really mended after the bitter divorce, and that she’d retreated to this corner of the world to lick her wounds.

And Stinson Beach was an ideal place to retreat from the world, with its pristine beaches, funky beach town vibes, and peaceful, laidback attitude. Weekends in the summertime were something of a challenge, given the large crowds who flocked to town, but Linda typically just shrugged them off and kept close to home on those days.

“I see you survived last weekend with your parents,” remarked Linda.

Sasha nodded. “They were both on their best behavior, actually. I think some of that had to do with the royal treatment Matthew arranged for them - a five star hotel suite, meals out at some of the top restaurants in town, spa treatments, pretty much the works. It would have been in bad taste on their part to have one of their epic fights, very ungrateful of them under the circumstances.”

“And how did they like Matthew?”

“Well, you know my father,” replied Sasha drily. “I doubt there’s too many people in this world he doesn’t like, and especially not when there’s free booze around. And of course it’s just the opposite with Mama - there are very few people that she actually likes. But she was relatively gracious with Matthew, and I think at least that he impressed her. With my mother, that’s about the best you can hope for.”

“Hmm.” Linda took a sip of the tea that she had just brewed for them a few minutes ago.

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