House on the Harbor by Elizabeth Bromke
Author:Elizabeth Bromke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: clean fiction, women's fiction, contemporary romance, romance saga, small town, beach read
Publisher: Elizabeth Bromke
Published: 2020-03-01T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 18—Kate
There was no returning home. Not until the estate was settled and a firm plan was in place. And, although Kate could have either stayed at the house on the harbor or the cottage, she chose to bunk up with Megan on the pull-out sofa in Clara’s bungalow.
It was like a sleepover, and the meeting they’d had the night before softened the hardship of an extended stay in town. Then again, Kate had to admit that being back in Birch Harbor was more good than bad.
They’d wrapped up their meeting at the house and stopped by Fiorillo’s for a glass of wine. Clara had asked about Matt’s connection to the restaurant, which prompted Kate, Amelia, and Megan to question the girl’s knowledge of her own town.
Unwilling to discuss Matt Fiorillo one second longer, she’d batted away the topic, explaining to Clara that the owners were his folks. End of story. Nothing to see there.
Now, they were all tucked into their respective beds, Dobi whipping through the house like a maniac as Amelia and Clara giggled in the back bedroom like little girls.
“See what I have to put up with?” Megan asked Kate once the lights were out.
Kate nodded in the darkness and turned to face her sister. “Do you miss her?” she whispered to Megan, feeling sad all of a sudden.
“Who? Mom?”
“Yeah.” Kate tried to focus on Megan’s face, tried to assess her reaction. Her features. Her expression. But it was too dark. Megan was lying on her back, staring straight ahead, unmoving, as far as Kate could tell.
“Yeah. Of course. Just because things got bad at the end doesn’t mean I don’t miss her. She’s our mom. I love her. Loved her. Love her. Jeez. How do you talk about someone who’s dead, Katie?”
Kate smiled at the nickname. No one had called her Katie in years. Decades. “I know.” She let out a sigh and shifted under the covers, mirroring Megan and facing the ceiling. The shape of a modest ceiling fan whirred above, blowing Kate’s hair in ticklish wisps across her forehead. She hunkered down deeper in the covers.
“Do you miss her?”
Kate blinked at the question. “Mom? Of course.”
“Yeah, but... your relationship was... different. We all know that. At least, Amelia and I do.”
Considering this, Kate hesitated before answering. No matter what she said in response, she would never come close to articulating her real feelings, which were as complicated as the estate itself. And even if she offered a decent response, it would result in a lifting of the floodgates. Memories from the hardest years would pour out, and Kate would get no sleep.
“I loved Mom. Always will.” It was a simple answer. It should have been enough to end the conversation that Kate regretted ever opening. But it wasn’t, and Megan pressed on.
“Did you open the letter yet?”
Kate shook her head and pushed her tongue to the roof of her mouth hard, willing away the tears that had climbed up the back of her throat.
Moments passed, and the tongue trick didn’t work.
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