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This morning, Amy had promised she would take her dad out for coffee, and they sat in the tearoom by the golf course.
‘When will we see your mum?’ he said as he sliced open his fruit scone and spread thick, yellow butter on it.
‘What do you mean, Dad?’
‘I mean, when will she be back?’
Okay, thought Amy.This was what Kirsty was talking about. ‘Maybe later, Dad,’ she said.
‘Fine, dear,’ he said with his usual smile.
‘How is your scone?’ she said in a bid to distract him.
‘Okay, thanks though I don’t like the wee black things. They look like flies.’
‘I have to agree. I have never liked raisins either.’ This was the first time she had heard him complain about them. ‘In Vancouver, muffins and bagels tend to be what people have with their coffee.’
‘Not scones?’
‘No, I rarely saw them.’
‘Your mum makes good scones.’
Amy nodded. ‘Are you looking forward to the wedding? Emma will be back soon.’
His eyes lit up. ‘That will be nice. Though I don’t know what I’m supposed to wear.’
‘Probably your kilt if you’re comfortable with that? What did Emma say?’
His eyes clouded over. ‘I think she said Kirsty would organize it.’
‘Do you remember your wedding with Mum?’
He smiled. ‘Yes. It was one of the happiest days of my life.’
Amy raised an eyebrow. ‘What were the other happy days?’
‘When Hearts won the Scottish Cup.’
‘Dad,’ she said, admonishingly. ‘I thought you were going to say the birth of your girls.’
‘Aye, that too,’ he said, smiling, taking another bite of scone.
‘Kirsty said you’re going to come up to the house later on to do some gardening?’
He nodded. ‘I just do as I’m told.’
‘She said you’ve been a great help with getting things planted and making the place look lovely.’ She patted his hand which was stretched out in front of him on the table. ‘What are you going to be planting today?’
‘Carrots,’ he said, ‘Though I am worried that we are a bit too late now that we’re into June and I prefer getting them in the ground a bit earlier than this.’
Amy sipped her latte. ‘Why is that then?’
‘You should really get root vegetables planted in March. That’s because the cooler soil helps them germinate. But spring was quite cold to begin with and so I thought we would wait a bit longer. Last year, we had a bumper crop.’
‘Was that when the kids helped you plant them?’
‘Aye. We put them in those raised beds, and they were very good and took it very seriously. At least Tom did. He had his ruler out, making sure they were exact rows three inches apart.’
