The Falling of Love by Marisa Oldham

Author:Marisa Oldham [Oldham, Marisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Indie World Publishing & Author Services
Published: 2015-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Early the next morning, Grace wakes with a sense of purpose. Not only is tonight the night that she will finally see Ian and Black Dog play live at a club, but ever since her talk with Grandpa Joe, she has made finding the album with his and Hattie’s song on it a personal goal. She whips the blankets from herself and rises to her feet. Her eyes catch Ian sleeping and her stomach drops. “You’re so handsome,” she whispers as she sits down next to him, being careful not to disturb him. Running her hand over his head she takes in a deep breath and lets it out, like a teenager swooning over her favorite movie star. She bends down and barely places her lips to his cheek. Lingering there for a while she loses herself in the vision of him. She feels giddy as he clings onto the pillow and nudges it with his head, as if he were holding her.

Remembering her plan, she gets up and goes to the dresser. After she dresses she hurries to the hallway. The house is quiet except for the snores that echo from the bedrooms.

In the hallway she pulls on the cord and stairs come down from the ceiling. She climbs up carefully and then flicks on the flashlight that is always left just inside the entryway. Grace closes her eyes trying hard to remember where she saw the box full of old vinyl records. The attic creeps her out just a little, so she takes careful steps pointing the flashlight at every step she intends to take.

She picks through the room, moving boxes that she had carried up months ago that have already collected dust. “Gosh darn it! I know I saw it here.” Finally her eyes find the frayed box she has been looking for. “There you are,” she says, as she strides toward it. Kneeling down, she fingers through the stack of records, the light shining through the paned windows near the edge of the room aiding her in her search. “Ha!” Pulling the Andrew Sisters’ record from the box she holds it to her chest and then rises to her feet. She giggles at her find and wipes the dust off the album cover. It is all she can do to keep from running to Grandpa Joe’s room that very moment, but she decides to wait until he is awake.

She cooks breakfast for everyone once they wake up and sets out to do her weekend chores of cleaning up the breakfast dishes, sweeping, mopping the kitchen floor, and doing a little gardening in the front yard.

Loud, hard, rock music bellows from the garage. She decides it is time to show him what she found. She grabs the record and runs up the stairs to his room.

Barely letting her knuckles hit the door, she knocks. “Gramps?”

“Yeah, sweetheart?”

“Can I come in?”

“Of course. Come on in.”

Both of her arms are folded behind her back, concealing the album. “I have a present for you.

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