Preserves & Premonitions by Bella Falls

Author:Bella Falls [Falls, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evermore Press
Published: 2021-01-14T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Once we returned to the tree farm, I headed up the gravel driveway toward my cabin. Dash pointed in the opposite direction. “Head down that way. I want to show you something.”

We dipped down another hill and up another one until another cabin loomed up ahead. His motorcycle was parked at the edge of a patch of grass, so I pulled in beside it. It pained me to end my time driving the Impala, but I was grateful for the opportunity.

“Would you mind taking a picture of me in the driver’s seat from the outside?” I asked him, retrieving my spell phone and holding it out.

“Of course.” Dash unbuckled and got out of his side, sauntering to my side of the car until he faced me. Stepping back, he held up the phone until he was satisfied. “Smile.”

I did as the shifter asked and offered a few different poses, all of them meant to make me seem cool enough to drive the car. When he showed them to me, I couldn’t help but crack up at some of my horrible attempts at model faces.

“Thanks. Matt is going to be sooo jealous,” I crooned, composing my text to him in my head to send to him later.

“You’re just as much a pain to him as Davis is to me,” Dash accused, pulling the driver’s door open and helping me out.

I shrugged. “It’s our duty as younger siblings to keep you older ones on your toes.”

Dash walked up to the small front porch and unlocked the door. “I miss having Davis around. I mean, I get why he feels like he can’t be here. But I really do miss the idiot.”

He opened the door and walked in, crooking his finger at me to follow. When I entered, my mouth dropped open. I’d expected to find something similar to the setup where I was staying. Or maybe something a little simpler and dingier, more like his place in Honeysuckle.

Instead, the large room felt grand and homey at the same time. “Wow,” I exclaimed, walking further into the space and turning in circles to try and see all of it. “It’s not what I expected.”

“This is the old caretaker’s house. Dates back to the 1800s, and then it had some additions built on in the twentieth century. I pulled up all the old flooring and put down new hardwood.” He stomped on the sturdy floor, showing off the honey-stained grain.

I walked into the modern kitchen, admiring the stainless-steel appliances and stone counters. “You spared no expense.”

“It’s so Elodie can maybe rent it out as a luxury accommodation,” he explained, although the way he glanced over the place with affection made me think he didn’t really want to leave the place.

He strutted over to the large natural stone fireplace and patted it. “This is actually original. Built by hand. I had to restore a few stones and redo some of the mudding with Max’s help. But other than that, it’s about as original as we could get it.

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