“Great, thanks.”
“I should go.”He nodded at Donna.“I’ll let you two find the parts and pieces you need.”
“I’ll walk you out.”Donna led the way to the door.
He turned back as he slipped through the door. Donna gave him a questioning look and a weak smile.“Maybe I’ll see you tomorrow night? Drinks again?”
“Yes, that sounds nice.”
He turned and walked over to his rental. Just his luck to have Emily come crashing in right when he’d worked up the nerve to kiss Donna. He sighed, hoping that he’d soon have another chance. Like maybe when he saw her tomorrow night. Maybe they’d be alone…
Chapter 21
Olivia did her best to avoid Heather.
That lasted two days.
Her cousin had called and begged her to meet at Brewster’s this morning. She tried to beg off with the fact she was so busy at work, but Heather wasn’t having it.
Maybe Heather knew about her mom and dad and that’s why she wanted to meet her? But it was unlike Heather to not just blurt out what was happening.
She sighed as she reached the wharf and started walking down the pier to Brewster’s. Halfway there, she spied Jackie and Jillian. She quickly glanced left and right, but there was no way to escape. They waved cheerfully and hurried up to her.
“Oh, Olivia. It’s so good to see you,”Jackie or Jillian said.
“Good to see you…but I’m kind of in a hurry. Meeting Heather.”
“Oh, look, there she is. Right down the pier a ways.”The other twin waved madly.“Yoo-hoo! Heather. Over here.”This twin turned to the other one.“Look, now we have two Parker girls to talk too.”
Not really a Parker…but that never stopped the town from calling them that.
Heather came walking up to them and looked about as excited as she had been to see the twins.“Hi.”
Olivia sent her a quick not-my-fault look.
“Oh, Heather, dear. Jillian and I were so very sorry to hear about your parents.”Okay, so that must be Jackie talking. But what did they know about her aunt and uncle?
“Right, thanks.”Heather shrugged.
“These things happen, I guess. But wearesorry.”Jillian said, nodding so vigorously that she looked like a bobblehead.“And someone else? That’s just shameful.”
“Right.”Heather still looked noncommittal.
Olivia gulped and grabbed Heather’s arm.“Well, we have to run. I don’t have much time until I need to get to work.”
“Tell your mother if there is anything we can do, to just ask us,”Jackie said.“Of course we’d do anything to help her, poor dear.”
Olivia dragged Heather toward Brewster’s. When they got further away from the twins, Heather stopped and turned to her.“What in the world were they talking about?”
A sinking feeling hit the pit of her stomach. So Aunt Evelyn hadn’t talked to Heather yet.“Um…I’m not sure.”
Heather stared at her. Stared at her hard.“Yes, you do. I can tell.”
“Heather—I—”She swallowed.“Let get our coffee and sit.”
“And you’ll tell me?”Heather pinned her with a no-nonsense look.
“I’ll tell you. But it’s not really mine to tell.”
