“I think you’re hearing lunch, sweetie.”
He ignored the jibe and tapped the skin. “Can you touch Daddy, sweetie? Just a tap?”
Nothing happened for several heartbeats and Keenan gave up. It was probably just one of the ghosts coming in for a quick visit. In a way, he was kind of glad. Maybe Constance was right. Maybe he would see them again.
He moved quickly to stand and all at once, he found himself flying through the air. The counter caught him square in the back and the entire house shook. Air came out of his lungs in one great whoop. The cabinets behind him teetered for a moment and he could hear the wood crack. A knife fell from the counter behind his head, point down. It wedged itself a good half inch into the floor right between his legs, two inches from his jewels.
Gasping to get air back into his lungs he saw Isabella with her mouth open, looking down at her pregnant belly, caressing it softly with her hands.
“It’s okay, baby.” She lifted her chin to him. “Daddy didn’t mean to frighten you.”
Struggling to his feet, Keenan moved, very slowly, toward his wife.
“She’s… uh, got quite a kick.”
“Yes.”
“Don’t suppose you know where this is going, do you?”
Isabella gave him a nervous little laugh. “No.”
Keenan nodded. “I guess we’ll find out eventually.”
“Yep.”
He nodded again. “All right then.”
Taking her gently into his arms, watching to make sure there wasn’t another blast coming, he kissed her on the forehead.
Keenan turned to look at the vegetables on the counter and frowned.
“Maybe we’ll go out to eat. Hotcakes?”
Isabella patted his arm and examined the counter with him. “Sure, I’ll get my coat.”
They never talked about it again.
The End
About the Author
Somewhere between thirty and dust…red hair, blue eyes…six kids, one slightly used husband, and any number of pets from time to time… wanttabe hippy… wanttheirmoney yuppie… pro musician and actress for 20 years… native Oregonian… lover of music, beauty, and all things green. Willing slave to the venerable muse. Minnette currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband, having replaced the children with one dog. The dog, Pierre, pretty much runs the show.
Additional titles available from Minnette Meador:
Starsight Vols. I & II (Stonegarden Publishing)
The Centurion & The Queen (Resplendence Publishing)
The Edge of Honor (Resplendence Publishing)
A Boy & His Wizard (writing as M. A. Smith)
(All titles available from Amazon, Borders, Barnes & Noble, and other fine book locations)
COMING SOON:
The Gladiator Prince (Resplendence Publishing) — August 2011
The Bell Stalker (Resplendence Publishing) — October 2011
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