The Wedding Dance by Lucy Kevin

Author:Lucy Kevin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Oak Press, LLC
Published: 2012-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Mom, if you’re feeling up to it, I would love some help with dinner,” Phoebe called out from her kitchen.

An hour ago, when Phoebe had come back home and seen that the bedroom door was still closed, she’d been happy enough to leave Angela be while she got started on dinner. She’d settled on pasta for dinner with meatballs and homemade sauce. It wasn’t hugely imaginative, but Phoebe was well aware of what years of cooking for one had done to her culinary skills.

No answer had come from the bedroom yet, and she assumed her mother was still taking a nap. When the pasta sauce chose that moment to bubble up and spray over her, Phoebe looked down at her splattered clothes and realized she’d need to quickly change before checking on her mother, just in case Patrick arrived early.

Thanks to the racks of clothes taking up space between the plants, Phoebe only had to walk a few yards across the apartment to slip on a dark dress dotted with bright lilies that she’d owned for ages but never found an excuse to wear. Not that spending an evening with Patrick should be an excuse for anything, Phoebe reminded herself, and then hesitated. She didn’t want him thinking that she’d dressed up just for him. Maybe she should change into something more casual before he—

The chime of the doorbell cut off her outfit indecision. She hurried over to get the door, looking back briefly to the flowers she’d put on the apartment’s biggest table, so that Patrick could see how much her mother appreciated the gift. Even if it seemed that Angela hadn’t gotten out of bed long enough to spend much time looking at them.

Patrick looked gorgeous as he stood in her hallway. He handed her a potted Iris bulb. At the same time, she knew what the meaning of the Iris was. Friends. Hope. And faith. If he had taken the time to look it up, which she was sure that he had, which did he mean exactly?

“I would have brought wine, but I wasn’t sure whether that would be a good idea.”

“Good call,” Phoebe said, glad that she didn’t have to sidestep the issue of her mother for the very first time ever on a date. “Come in.”

“You’re looking great tonight.”

She felt like she could bask in the glow of his appreciation forever...which was what had her backing away from him, instead.

“I’m just going to go check on Mom. Could you keep an eye on the pasta sauce for a minute?” Phoebe went over to her bedroom door and knocked. “Patrick’s here for dinner.”

When there was no answer again, she pushed open the door, more than a little worried now. If anything had happened to her mother while she was at work, she’d never forgive—

The room was neat. Too neat. On top of the newly made bed, there was a note. Phoebe sat down on the edge of the bed and picked it up, recognizing the elegant swirls of her mother’s handwriting.

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