Set the Stage by Karis Walsh

Author:Karis Walsh [Walsh, Karis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
ISBN: 9781635550863
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2017-09-20T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Arden held a two-by-four in place and used a power drill to screw it tightly into a post. When she finished, she stood back and checked her progress. The framework was in place for this stage, and she imagined how it would look when it was painted to match the Elizabethan stage, but in miniature form. She had decided this platform would have a comedic focus, and she had already collected—with Emilie’s help—some great scenes that included court jesters and buffoons from Shakespeare’s works. The stage was the first one visitors to the park would see, placed near the main duck pond and practically in the shadow of its inspiration, the Allen Theatre.

This was the exact place where she had asked Em to stand and recite some dialogue when she had first been playing with the idea of building these stages, and she felt a shiver of satisfaction run through her. Her grandfather must have felt this same kind of pride when he saw the completed fountain he had created for the Japanese garden. She was contributing something special to her park. She had resisted Jacob’s insistence on it from the start, but now she understood exactly what he had wanted from her. To become part of a legacy, along with Gramps.

Arden pushed against the frame, checking to make sure the stage was solid and sturdy. She was completing the task Jacob had set for her, but the platforms felt like a beginning instead of an end. She didn’t want to stop with these small sets. She wasn’t sure where she might go from here, but she was feeling an unaccustomed sense of excitement about the future.

Tempered with sadness. Emilie had helped set her on a new path, one that might possibly veer away from her anticipated one of staying in this park her whole life, like her grandfather had before her. But Emilie wouldn’t be around to see where Arden went from here. Maybe they would try to remain friends, keep in touch and share triumphs and failures through email and online updates, but Arden didn’t think she would be able to keep up the charade much longer. She had wanted Emilie from the start, and getting to know her had only made the attraction more profound and real. Em would eventually realize how talented she was, and then she would feel secure enough to let someone get close to her. There’d likely be a long list of candidates waiting for the chance, and Arden did not want to get that kind of update in her in-box. She’d rather never know.

She picked up her tools and loaded them in the back of the Mule. She drove them back to the maintenance shed and picked up cans of paint and some brushes. She was ahead of schedule, and she might as well continue to work while she had daylight on her side. She had been pushing herself at a faster pace than usual, avoiding breaks and meals, because every

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