Then Came You: a Prequel to the Mcphee Clan
“We have everything ready." Maebry fussed with the lace scarf she'd draped over the side of the open coffin, so it would hang just right.
The big, open front room had once been the parlor when Maureen's family first lived here, then the dining room for the ranch hands when McPhee Manor up on the hill had been completed. Now the dozens of chairs had been moved into a smaller, adjacent room and the table supported Maureen's coffin. Sadness hung in the air, the reverence of life lost. Fire crackled in the stone hearth, crystal lamps beamed golden light, but cold and shadows remained, as if nothing could touch them.
"Yep, we're all ready for tomorrow." Orla seized the broom by its handle and headed toward the hallway. "Do you think anyone will show up?" "Hard to say," Josslyn answered, with a supporting arm around Aumaleigh's slender waist. "We'll be here. That's something." "Mother wasn't the kind of person who had friends as much as she had allies." Aumaleigh's sorrow was palpabl...e, carved into her face, heavy on her shoulders.MoreLess
The big, open front room had once been the parlor when Maureen's family first lived here, then the dining room for the ranch hands when McPhee Manor up on the hill had been completed. Now the dozens of chairs had been moved into a smaller, adjacent room and the table supported Maureen's coffin. Sadness hung in the air, the reverence of life lost. Fire crackled in the stone hearth, crystal lamps beamed golden light, but cold and shadows remained, as if nothing could touch them.
"Yep, we're all ready for tomorrow." Orla seized the broom by its handle and headed toward the hallway. "Do you think anyone will show up?" "Hard to say," Josslyn answered, with a supporting arm around Aumaleigh's slender waist. "We'll be here. That's something." "Mother wasn't the kind of person who had friends as much as she had allies." Aumaleigh's sorrow was palpabl...e, carved into her face, heavy on her shoulders.MoreLess
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