AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“She said you did her a favor. She was thinking she was crazy in suspecting the affair, but a wife always knows, and now she has the proof. She’s divorcing him, of course, and she talked to Chris, and he’s leaving Mary too.” Fiona leaned in. “In fact, I have an inkling that Chris and Sarah are going to end up together.”
“Really?” Sylvie lit up. “Okay, that makes me feel better. I really felt bad.”
“And you know what’s funny?” Fiona went on. “You ladies went in the garden to look for the ghosts of Agnes and Duncan, and the reason you saw Mary and David there was they, too, had heard the story of Agnes and Duncan, so they went there to reenact and role play as the couple. Each night they would meet in the garden and pretend to be the young lovers, then go to the stables to ...” she drifted off. “Well, you know.”
Alice waggled her eyebrows. “Oh, we know.”
“So, anyway,” Fiona said. “That’s what happened. Sarah said David admitted the affair has been going on for a couple weeks, but that’s why they were in the garden in their historical clothes. Pretending to be Agnes and Duncan.”
“That’s shocking,” I said, clutching my chest. “I still can’t believe it.”
Fiona shrugged. “Well, thanks to you ladies, at least now Sarah and Chris know, and they can move on. And also, you’ve shown Finley and I that clearly people want more lore when they come to visit us, so we’re going to explore those ideas of haunted weekends and what not. So, no worries about waking the whole castle last night. Turns out, it was a great thing.”
I smiled. “God works in mysterious ways.”
“That He does.” She grinned back. “Enjoy your breakfast, and tonight is your last night. If you need anything, please let me know.”
With a wave, she walked away, leaving me and the Widows alone at the breakfast table.
“Wow. Who’d have thunk all that could have happened because Doris heard voices in the garden?” Marge said.
“It is amazing how this wish turned out,” Sylvie said.
“It’s been a great wish!” I smiled wide. “The perfect wish, in fact.”
“What do you say after breakfast, we go draw the last wish out of the basket?” Sylvie said, her eyes sparkling. “My wish.”
“Hell, yeah!” Marge cheered. “Round four! Bring it on!”
“I’m so excited about this wish. It’s gonna be great.” Sylvie shoved a bite of food in her mouth.
“Is Marge going to make it through without more injuries and lookingmoreridiculous?” Alice jutted a thumb at Marge.
Marge shrugged. “I dunno. I think the matching black eyes look kinda cool. Like I’m wearing a mask or something. Oh! Zorro! I look like Zorro now!”
“I’m so sorry,” I whispered, cringing.
“Quit apologizing,” Marge said. “I told you. I think it looks cool.”
“There shouldn’t be anything dangerous about my wish,” Sylvie said. “But there shouldn’t have been anything dangerous about staying in a castle, either, so I make no promises.”
“Hurry up and eat so we can see what’s next!” Marge said, then shoved half her Scotch egg in her mouth.
Excitement to find out what was next made me eat faster than I should have, and soon the Widows and I were hurrying off to Sylvie’s room to get the basket. After grabbing it, we decided to open it by the fountain that had been the scene of last night’s excitement, so we hurried through the castle and the gardens until we arrived.
“It looks much less scary in the light of day,” I said as we settled onto the stone benches beside the fountain. “It looked terrifying in the moonlight.”
“Yeah. I was pretty freaked out too,” Sylvie said. “I mean, even though I didn’t believe we would find ghosts, it was still creepy.”
Alice leaned back on her hands, closing her eyes to enjoy a few moments of sun. “Well, it’s beautiful today. The perfect spot to pick a wish. Go ahead, Doris. Your turn.”
Sylvie practically bubbled with excitement when I reached into the basket and pulled out her wish. Anxious to find out what was next, I pulled open the little folded note.
See the Northern Lights.
“Oh! Yes!” I squealed as I flipped the wish around. “This sounds wonderful!”
“What is it?” Marge asked.
