The Haunting on Palm Court by Stephanie Edwards

Author:Stephanie Edwards
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
Published: 2020-06-29T00:24:02+00:00

Chapter 26

The playlist Clint had created for Blake’s road trip helped her get through the journey without making one stop.

She sang along to hits from the ’80s and tried to ignore the lump in her throat as she drove past the interstate exit she usually took to go to her and Parker’s loft apartment and went straight to her parents’ house in West Knoxville.

“Blake! I’m so excited you’re here!” her mom hugged her.

“Glad to see you, too! Where’s Dad?” Blake asked.

“He’s working, but he’ll be around for the rest of your visit. Now, come on, I want to hear how things are going with Clint and your business.”

Blake told her about the wedding and the guests they had hosted so far at the B&B, sharing how helpful Nancy and Clint were day-in and day-out.

“I can’t imagine running the business without them. I love them both dearly,” Blake said.

“Clint, especially?” her mom asked, jokingly.

Blake rolled her eyes. “I should’ve been with him all along. I couldn’t be happier.”

Her mom grabbed her hand to inspect the engagement ring. “It’s striking, but not cookie-cutter. When are we going wedding dress shopping?”

“We haven’t set a date yet, but when we do, we can start planning and shopping,” Blake said, playing with her ring.

“Sounds great.” Her mother smiled.

Blake and her mom began cooking dinner so it would be ready by the time her father got home from work. He came into the house carrying a strawberry pie from the Buttermilk Pie shop, Blake’s favorite Knoxville dessert.

“Thanks, Dad.” She wrapped her arms around him. “I can’t wait to dig into that pie. I’ve missed you!”

He smiled and helped Susan dish out spaghetti and meatballs for the three of them. During dessert, Blake caught her dad up on a lot of the same things she had discussed with her mom. She’d missed them since moving to the island, but she didn’t regret her decision.

The next day, Brittany, her youngest sister, returned home from college for the weekend.

Walking into the house, Brittany dropped her tote bag in the foyer and ran to her sister. “Oh my God, Blake! You’re here!” she signed, embracing Blake and jumping up and down.

Brittany, the youngest, was excelling in her senior level interior design classes and had a job offer at a design firm in Atlanta for when she graduated the following May. She and Ryan, her high school boyfriend, were engaged, but they hadn’t set a date, just in case she went to grad school instead of taking a job right away.

“Let’s have a double wedding,” Blake teased her sister, who had always demanded to have her own place in life, not to live in anyone’s shadow.

“As if.” Brittany rolled her eyes and laughed.

The sisters climbed into Blake’s car, and she drove them to the loft apartment. She shivered, unsure of how to react to being back inside the apartment where she and Parker had lived. No one had moved her belongings since she’d left. A wave of nausea threatened to take hold, but she didn’t want to worry Brittany.

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