Sugarplum Way by Debbie Mason

Author:Debbie Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It was just like old times. Colleen and Kitty were in the study at the manor with a tea tray between them listening to the Christmas carols playing in the background. There were some differences though. Namely, Kitty didn’t know Colleen was there. Her daughter-in-law was also the one sitting behind Colleen’s formidable desk while Colleen sat in Kitty’s old chair.

Feeling a tad resentful, Colleen watched as her daughter-in-law plucked away at the computer keys while nibbling on a scone. They were Colleen’s favorite. The ones with the raisins. And the real reason for her resentment. She could smell them but couldn’t taste them.

“Peck, peck, peck, you’ll get nowhere typing like that. What the bejaysus are you working on anyway?” Colleen moved to stand behind Kitty. Looking over her daughter-in-law’s shoulder, she perused the names on the screen. “You consider Owen O’Malley an eligible bachelor, do you? The man’s ninety if he’s a day. And what’s Kyle Bishop doing on your list? I thought you and Rosa had come to your senses. Obviously you haven’t if you’ve got Charlie Angel on there too.” She didn’t fail to notice Kitty’s name beside the owner of the Salty Dog. There were several names Colleen didn’t recognize, but the ones that she did made her nervous. They were a disreputable lot. Not all of them, mind you. Owen O’Malley was a good sort. Just a little old, to her way of thinking.

“Now let’s try this again,” Kitty murmured to herself as she leaned in to the screen. She moved the mouse, clicked File, and then clicked Print. Her brow furrowed as she turned to the printer. When the green light continued flashing and nothing happened, she reached over to press buttons.

There was a rap on the study door. Jasper opened it and stuck his head inside. “The Widows Club have arrived for your meeting, Miss Kitty.”

“Thank you.” She made a moue that was guaranteed to have Jasper running to her side. Kitty had a way about her. Even when she was younger, men were inspired to protect her due to her fragile, helpless air. “Would you mind giving me a hand? I can’t seem to get the printer to work.”

“Certainly, miss.”

“How can you not see that he’d give you the world if you but asked, Kitty?” Colleen prayed that he simply printed off the paper without reading it. Jasper had been more like himself since Kitty had publicly dumped Kyle Bishop. And now, after reading the books they’d bought from Julia’s store, Kitty and Rosa had come up with a plan to match not only themselves but the entire Widows Club.

Colleen moved around to the front of the desk—the better to observe the two.

Jasper leaned around Kitty, taking his time moving the cursor on the screen. From the blissful expression on his angular face, he appeared to be inhaling her daughter-in-law’s French perfume.

“I’ve made a mess of it, haven’t I?”

He blinked. “Quite. But it’s nothing I can’t…” His eyes narrowed on the screen, and his movements suddenly became brisk and abrupt.

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