Authors: K.J. Emrick
3 From the Ashes (12 page)
They laughed together, and Darcy couldn’t remember the last time they had been this happy to be together. Eileen went on to tell them all about how they had met on a cruise last year. Darcy and Grace asked her questions until they had no more questions to ask. Then all too soon, it was time to say goodbye.
Darcy noticed that the hugs between them weren’t so awkward this time.
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A few days later Darcy was in her kitchen washing dishes, Smudge winding his way between her legs, when a car horn blasted out front of her house. Confused, she looked up at the clock. It was just after six thirty. Who would be visiting now, and why would they beep the horn instead of coming to the door?
She went outside to find Jon, sitting in his car, smiling at her. He honked the horn once more and then got out of the car, running over to her to pick her up and swing her around until she squealed.
“I have a surprise for you,” he said when he put her back down. “How about we go back to the cabin this weekend to celebrate?”
“Celebrate? Celebrate what?”
“Us. You. Me. Everything. You reunited a mother and a daughter. Us solving a case no one even knew was there to be solved. Your mother’s getting married. Pick one.”
Darcy laughed. “That sounds amazing. When are we leaving?”
“Friday. I took the day off, we can leave in the morning and get a head start on the weekend.”
Her heart leaping in her chest, she took him by the hand and pulled him toward the house. “Why don’t we go upstairs and get a head start on the weekend right now.”
He didn’t argue. Smudge saw them as they walked through the kitchen, his eyes narrowed. He sneezed once, shaking his head, and Darcy got the message.
If Smudge had to share her with someone, he was glad it was someone who loved Darcy as much as Jon did.
The End
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