Authors: Lynn Ricci
Mason came out of the brownstone and skipped lightly down the front steps. He had been in Sarah’s car several times since she drove back from
Connecticut with it after Christmas, and each time he was thrilled. They had driven all over the city in January, to mixed reviews of what had been built and the beauty that had been lost. She realized part of his excitement today was that he had never left the city in all these years.
The highway was a new experience and in a few short hours she was pulling into her parent’s large, upscale colonial home in
Berlin. Her mother was ecstatic that she was bringing a boy home to meet them and had a weekend of festivities planned.
She hopped out of her side and Mason got out of his and stood, dumfounded in the driveway. “Tis a grand house, Sarah.”
“Aye, ‘tis.” She teased him back with a wink and a bad accent as she grabbed her suitcase from the trunk. Mason took her bag from her and grabbed his own, following Sarah up to the front door.
“
Nice to meet you again, Mr. Carter.”
"Yes, nice to see you again.
I hope you had a good holiday, despite being called to Boston to help out with your uncle. Sad story – Sarah told us all about it.”
“
It was actually a great Christmas, Mr. Carter. I am happy to be there and able to help out family."
“Well c
ome in, come in. You made good time.”
Mason followed Sarah and Joanna into the foyer and whistled. “You have a grand house, Mrs. Carter. Thank you for having me.”
“Thank you, Aiden. We are glad to have you here.” Sarah’s mother smiled back approvingly and Sarah made a mental note to be careful not to call him Mason by mistake. She had thought it would be easier to introduce him as Aiden since that is what he was going by at the brownstone and she had mentioned her landlord’s name to her parents when she moved in.
Her father took the bags and set them at the bottom of the stairs. “We have the guest room set up for you upstairs.”
Mason smiled back and respectfully nodded agreement to Ben's silent statement. “Thank you, sir.” Ben smiled back at Aiden as they all entered living room.
Sarah saw someone slowly get up from the wing chair facing the room.
“Grandma! I didn’t know you would be here today!” Sarah hugged her grandmother tightly.
“Well I heard you were bringing a friend with you and you know how curious I can be!” Rose teased
while tightly embracing Sarah and affectionately patting her granddaughters back. Sarah released her and turned, her arm still around her grandmothers' shoulders, and proudly introduced Aiden.
“Grandma, this is Aiden.”
As Aiden put out his hand, remembering Rose as a teenager in the 1940’s, Rose smiled and a slow flicker of recognition entered her eyes. “Aiden, so nice to meet you.” Rose tilted her head to the side. “But have we met before?”
The End
Lynn Ricci was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. Her professional background is in financial communications and s
he pursues her artistic endeavors of writing and painting while enjoying an active family life with her two children and dog, Fenway.
A writer of
several published short stories including
Daydreams, The Dating Intervention
was her debut novel.
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