The Ghost Host: Episode 1 (The Ghost Host Series) by DelSheree Gladden

Author:DelSheree Gladden [Gladden, DelSheree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DelSheree Gladden
Published: 2015-10-05T16:00:00+00:00

20: Adjustment

(Malachi)

We all pile out of Echo’s car when we reach my parents’ place, and I try to take a minute to prepare them, but everyone—and I mean everyone—spills out the front door before I can manage a single word. Mama and Daddy hold back a bit while my sisters all but attack Echo. That’s when I realize I forgot to tell Echo my entire family was going to be here. The panicked expression on her face as they maul her almost makes me laugh, but I decide I better step in and save her.

“Good gracious, you’d think Echo was a Georgia peach the way ya’ll are trying to devour her. Back off a bit, why don’t ya?” I give my nearest sister, Katie Lynn, a playful shove. She shoves me right back.

“Shame on you for not bringing this lovely girl straight over here to meet us,” Angel May says with a shake of her finger. She’s my closest sister in age, only two years older, but she was always the little mama of the group, bossing everyone else around.

Throwing my arm around Angel May’s shoulders, I say, “We had a few things to do this afternoon. Ya’ll just needed to be patient.”

“Did you get yourself all settled?” Hannah Louise asks Echo.

It takes Echo a minute to realize she’s addressing her. “Oh, yes, well, mostly. We don’t have any furniture or dishes yet, but the rest is mostly put away.”

Angel May and Katie Lynn turn to look at each other as if they’ve just seen the most precious thing. “Isn’t her accent just adorable?” Katie Lynn says.

“So proper sounding,” Angel May says with a smile.

Hannah Louise, my oldest sister, pushes the younger two back to give Echo a little breathing room, and asks, “What do ya’ll plan to do about not having any furniture or dishes? We know some great little shops around town.”

Darting a glance over at me, Echo grins. “Malachi said you might. I don’t suppose you’d like to go on a little shopping trip tomorrow would you?”

Every single one of my sisters’ eyes light up. As do Mama’s. They look like they’re about to start jumping up and down, but Hannah Louise just puts her arm around Echo’s shoulders and says, “What a dear! You’re so sweet to ask. We’d just love to come along.”

Holden and Zara get scooped up into the fuss after that and we all get dragged inside to meet my brother-in-laws and the nieces and nephews. Angel May has yet to announce any new grandchildren on the way, but Hannah Louise’s two little rugrats are running under everyone’s feet as the last of the dishes are carried outside to the picnic tables, and Daddy is carrying Katie Lynn’s six month old, Sara Beth. It’s a bit of a madhouse, but my guests don’t seem to mind too much.

Once we make it out to the backyard, I finally find Cerise tending to something on the barbeque, but it takes me a second longer to locate my roommate.

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