Suddenly One Summer by Freethy Barbara

Author:Freethy, Barbara [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781439101568
Publisher: Pocket Star
Published: 2009-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

Opening the door that led from the kitchen into the basement, Jenna paused on the landing to flip on the light switch and then slowly descended. She’d been down here once before when she’d first rented the place to make sure there was no outside access. A few six-inch-long windows ran along one wall, but they were far too small to allow anyone to climb in. At the moment, she was looking for any clues to the owner to figure out why she and Lexie had been sent to this particular house.

“What are you doing?” Lexie asked from the doorway above.

“Just looking around. Careful,” she added, as Lexie came down the stairs after her.

“This place is spooky,” Lexie declared.

Jenna turned on a light, relieved to see some of the shadows disappear. Like Lexie, she was not a fan of spooky, especially after the last two months.

There wasn’t much in the basement: a bureau, a desk, two old lamps, and a large trunk that looked about a hundred years old, along with a water heater and some rusted lawn furniture.

“Whose stuff is this?” Lexie asked.

“I’m not sure,” Jenna said. “It might have belonged to the woman who used to own this house. Her name was Rose Littleton.”

“Rose. That’s a pretty name,” Lexie murmured, her tiny brows pulling into a frown. “Mommy talked about someone named Rose.”

“She did?” Jenna was becoming more and more convinced that Angel’s Bay had not been a random choice in which to relocate. “What did your mommy say about Rose?”

“I don’t remember. Oh, wait, Rose is an angel,” Lexie said, her face brightening.

Great.

“And she had an angel’s kiss, just like me and Mommy.”

Jenna stared at Lexie. “You mean Rose had the same mark on her heel as you and your mother? How would your mother know that?”

Lexie shrugged. “How come you don’t have an angel’s kiss?”

“I don’t know.” Jenna had never considered the birthmark on Kelly’s heel anything special. She didn’t think her mother had had one, but she honestly couldn’t remember. Some days she could barely remember her mother’s face. And most of her memories were a blur, a mix of her own thoughts and what people had told her about her mother. She wondered what Lexie would remember about Kelly twenty or thirty years from now. Probably not much.

Lexie moved over to the trunk. “What’s in here?” She pulled on the lid, but it wouldn’t budge.

Jenna yanked up on the handle and in a sputter of dust, the lid opened. She coughed and waved her hand in the air to dissipate the dust.

“Clothes,” Lexie squealed, kneeling down next to the trunk. “We can play dress-up like me and Mommy used to play.” She pulled out a dress that seemed to go on and on, a white dress with old, faded lace. “Is this an angel’s dress?”

“No, honey, I think it’s a wedding dress.” That was odd, since Kara had told her that Rose had never married. Maybe the dress had belonged to Rose’s sister.

Lexie dug

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