Sister's Choice by Emilie Richards

Author:Emilie Richards [Richards, Emilie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2008-11-21T20:00:00+00:00

Cash liked watching Jamie with her family. She and Kendra couldn’t be more different. Jamie had told him once that she looked like their mother, while Kendra took after their father. They were both easy to look at, Jamie more Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind, Kendra more Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen. He supposed his enthusiasm for classic movies was bound to invite those kinds of comparisons.

Jamie loved to cook and entertain. Kendra went through the motions, concentrating on setting tableware precisely the same distance from each edge of the place mat while Jamie experimented with tossing fresh herbs into the salad. Kendra’s dinner parties would probably include interesting conversationalists high at the top of praiseworthy professions, with quality food either catered or purchased from gourmet groceries. Jamie’s parties would include colorful locals mixed with close friends, and everything on the table would be created by her own hands from recipes she’d probably developed on the spot.

“Alison is cutting the sandwiches into stars,” Grace announced. “She has decided to make a quilt sandwich for you to enjoy.”

Cash wasn’t surprised his grandmother got along so well with Jamie Dunkirk.

“Jamie tells me you provided the program at the bee this morning,” Kendra told Grace. “I’m sorry I missed it.”

As they laid out the food, the women chatted about Grace’s quilts. Cash went to wash his hands, and when he came back, he saw his father in the doorway.

Isaac had seen Manning first. By the time Cash reentered the room, the two men had already stepped out to the porch.

“I just need to see Cash a moment,” Manning was saying loud enough for Cash to hear. “Something’s come up on another site I want to check with him about.”

“I’ll let you two talk,” Isaac said. “But sometime when you’re not in a hurry, Manning, I’d like to have a little time alone with you. You’re one of the few people who seems to remember my mother.”

“We were friends, yes, but it was a long time ago.”

“I know so little about her. I’d kind of enjoy hearing whatever you can tell me.”

Cash knew his father well. And from Manning’s tone, Cash could tell he was uncomfortable. He paused, not sure whether to rescue him or let this continue. Then his father began to speak, slowly at first, then gaining momentum.

“One thing I can tell you is that she’d be proud of what you’re doing. You know, that work on the health of rivers? She loved that river out there. She was the only person I knew who even loved it when it was rising high. She always said flooding was the way the river got rid of all the bad things people put into it. Once we were walking together and somebody dumped some trash in the water from a truck. She threw herself in front of that pickup so he couldn’t get out without running her down, and she screamed at him until I was afraid he was going to take his shotgun off the gun rack behind him and silence her for good.

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