Chapter 2 #3
“I don’t know. She seemed to have a chip on her shoulder about Serenity having everything in the will.
There will be plenty left once the house is sold.
But that’s about it. Everything else was taken care of by Helen.
She was organized even after death.” Lisa asked about the house.
“It’s big. Bigger than our house by a bedroom.
But it has a lovely yard where the toys that she used for babysitting were.
The pack was glad to get them all by the way. ”
“I bet they were.” She yawned once and told him she was sorry. “I’m so exhausted all the time. I know it’s the baby, but I never felt like this with Davy.”
“It’s a dragon you’re carrying. That could be it.
” She said she was sure it was. “You nap when you want, and I’ll hold down the fort.
Davy and I are going to be working on his project until bedtime, and I’ll get him ready.
You just go lie down and rest. You want to feel better by next month, don’t you? ”
“Yes, of course.” She laughed. “Davy has the days counted down until we leave. I can’t believe that we’re all going to be going together. It’s going to be so much fun to hit the rides with the two kids.”
They talked about Jancie before he went to work with Davy in his room. She laid down on the couch to read a little, but decided that was putting her to sleep. Getting up, she found the newspaper and was reading it over when she came to the auction listing on the back page.
The house was bigger than theirs, and it came with fifty acres.
The listing of the furniture was a lot, too, and there was mention of a barn with yard equipment and other things that hadn’t been sorted as yet.
She must have been selling everything because there was a list that told what sort of household furniture was selling as well.
She read over the list twice and was amazed that there was that much stuff in the place. It must have looked like a horder nest.
Marking it on the calendar, she was going to go so that she could see what sort of stuff that was there.
The list was extensive, but she didn’t know what some of the pieces were.
She had no idea what a tall boy was, and there were four of them.
Also, something called a bed warmer. Lots of antiques, it said.
She would go, have a good time, and wonder what sort of family was hosting this auction.
“Are you going?” She said that she was. “I think I’ll go too. I have a feeling about something, but he’s not said anything to us yet.”
“Who about what?” She was distracted a little and turned to look at him when he didn’t answer right away. “Who is keeping secrets, and what about do you think they are?”
“Tank.” She asked again what Tank was keeping from them. “I think he’s mated to one of the sisters. I’m hoping it’s Serenity, but I just know it’s going to be Beth. She’s not going to fit in well with the rest of us.”
“Tank found his mate, you think, and he didn’t say anything?
That’s not right. Have you spoken to him?
” He said that he had to talk to them, but he didn’t say why.
Now he’s acting all cagey about something.
I thought at first it was nothing, but today he told me that he was looking for a house to buy.
I mean, I thought that he was living with his brother and would be until he found his mate. Now he’s looking.”
“Do you think they’ll live in the house for sale?” He shrugged and told her that he and Davy had finished the project. “All right. I’ll go up and tell him good night. We’ll talk when I get back.”
“All right. I might be wrong, but he’s been acting really strange since we went over and picked up the toys for the pack.
I asked him, but he said he had stuff on his mind.
Do you think he could be waiting on her to get some of the grief out of the way?
That’s the only thing I can think of that would make him wait to tell us.
I suppose that it could be something else, but I just don’t know. ”
Telling Davy goodnight, her mind was on Tank and the two women.
She wanted it to be Serenity, too, but didn’t know the other woman.
Perhaps she was just having a bad day when he met her, and that would be it.
Instead of thinking bad things about her, Lisa was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.
She didn’t know what sort of mood she’d be in if she just lost her sister, either.
Going back down to the living room, the two of them talked about the other two women.
He told her that Serenity was overwhelmed when he spoke to her several days ago, but she’d been polite and nice.
He told her how Helen, the sister who had died, had said there was tension between the three of them and that this would be hard on Serenity.
“I wonder if it’s Beth what she’ll do when she finds out that Tank has money now.
” He said that he didn’t know but was sure that the tension was tighter than anything he’d ever seen.
“That’s too bad. We should invite them both over to the house sometime so that we can get to know them better.
And if it’s not that they’re mates, it might be a good way to make some friends. What do you think?”
“I think that you’re brilliant. However, I know that Serenity had to go back by the end of two weeks.
How long has it been since the funeral?” They figured that she’d be at the end of her time here.
“I’ll give her a call and see what she has to say.
She might be ready for something different than fast food. ”
“You call, and I’ll have a look around to see what we can do to have a party tomorrow night.
Like you said, it might be nothing, but with Tank and Ace without mates, it might be the perfect guess.
” He said that he’d ask his family over too.
“Good idea. And we’ll tell Beth that she’s invited too and hope for the best.”
She knew that it was really none of her business who Tank was mated to, but she wanted him to be happy. And that for Serenity to be the one. Not only did she not want the drama, who didn’t have plenty of that right now, but she didn’t want to have to be around it when she didn’t need to be.