Always Darkest (18 page)

“So what brings you too to Earth so soon?” Mason asked Willa.

“I just wanted to be with my grandson and soon to be granddaughter at Christmas.
 
Do you have a problem with that Mason?”

“Of course not Granny.
 
I am so glad you came, but why do I get the feeling that you aren’t telling the whole truth?”

Earl started to say something but Willa quickly shushed him.

“Let’s just enjoy the night and I will tell you tomorrow.
 
Thomas has invited us all to Christmas dinner at his home.
 
That was so kind of him, don’t you think?
 
And he had that nice man drive us here. He and
Pearl
look so happy together and so do you and Tori.”
 
She turned to look at Tori, “I see my ring on your finger girl and it suits you.
 
So when are you two getting hitched?”

“We haven’t set a date yet,” Tori replied.

“Well sooner better than later.
 
I want some grandbabies.
 
I ain’t getting’ no younger you know.”

Mason stepped in, “You’re going to live forever Granny.
 
We have time.”

“Oh, I was just teasing Tori.”

Suddenly the room was filled with the sound of a car advertisement.
 
Earl had gotten a hold of the remote control and turned on the television.
 
Both Earl and Willa almost jumped off the couch.
 
Earl spoke, “that is amazing!”

“I’ll be damned,” Willa said.

Mason laughed, “Just wait till she shows you the microwave.”

They talked well into the early hours of the morning.
 
Mason told them about what he had seen so far and showed them almost every electronic device in Tori’s apartment, Earl and Willa greeting each new device as a wonderful discovery.

Tori insisted that Willa and Earl take the bedroom and she and Mason would sleep on the couch.
 
Willa and Earl graciously accepted and Tori changed the sheets and got some pillows and blankets for her and Mason.

As they snuggled up close on the couch wrapped up in warm blankets, Mason kissed her and she felt more loved than she ever had in her life.
 
“I love you
Victoria
,” he whispered into her ear.

“I love you too, Mason.”
 
Tori drifted off to sleep without a care in the world wrapped in the arms of her fiancé.
 
Her world was beautiful at this moment and she wished it could stay this way forever.

Copyright © 2011 by Kimberly E. Warner
 

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All the characters and situations contained within this book are entirely fictional and originated from the imagination of the author.
 
Any similarities to any person living or dead are entirely coincidental.