Oven Baked Secrets (Eugeena Patterson Mysteries Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page A

period. I mean most marriages don’t work out. You and dad were rare.”
    I closed the oven door a bit too hard and placed my hand on my hip. “Because we decided to stick it out and work through our issues.” I didn’t understand the world, but then again God gave us all free will. It was up to us to make our own choices. “Let me hold Tyric while we wait on the food to finish cooking.”
    Leesa handed my grandson to me. “My, my you’re getting to be a big fellow already.” The men in our family and Tyric’s dad were well over six feet so I imagined my grandson would be a giant too. As I bounced him on my knee, my mind wandered back to Louise.
    My friend had a baby many, many years ago. I wondered how often she had thought about that child. Did Louise even know that she had a little girl? The child that Louise told me she miscarried had been a boy.
    From the facial features of the woman in that photo, I suspected the father was a black man, which made me all the more curious. Louise was a teenager during the 1950s when interracial relationships were practically impossible. There was no way a black man was even supposed to look at a white woman. So how did my friend manage to have this secret love affair?
    I decided I would pay another visit to my friend. The haunted look in Louise’s eyes told me she longed for a child that she had lost for reasons far beyond her control.

Chapter 6
    I enjoyed Amos’ company not only because he was a great companion, but he enjoyed his food. As a cook most of my life, I liked to feed people and see them genuinely satisfied from the experience. Amos never disappointed.
    I also liked that he didn’t mind cleaning off the table.  I have to say Amos and I had developed quite the Sunday tradition of eating dinner, cleaning up the dishes and then talking on the porch. We couldn’t talk on the porch as much anymore because fall had finally arrived. Once the sun went down, the temperature and the sun dropped for the evening. So we moved the conversation to the living room. I was still looking forward to our conversation tonight since I had a lot to tell Amos.
    I walked Leesa and the children to the car.  Kisha held my hand extra tight like she didn’t want to let go.  No one would ever accuse me of having favorites, but this was my girl. My only granddaughter from my only daughter, us girls had to stick together.  I let go of Kisha’s hand and squeezed her until she giggled. Then I reached over and stole a kiss from Tyric. He giggled too. The smile on Leesa’s face warmed my heart. It was nice to see members of my family in a good place.
    I pointed at Leesa. “Now you be sure to call me when y’all get home.”
    Leesa grinned. “Of course I will, Mama. You sure are in a hurry to get rid of us. I hope I don’t have to tell my Mama to behave.”
    I swatted at my child. “Girl, get those children in the car.”
    After the Kisha and Tyric were buckled up safely in the backseat, Leesa winked at me and then climbed into the front seat. I waved as Leesa backed out of the driveway. With a sigh of relief, I turned and headed back into the house.
    Before I opened the front door, I noticed another car coming down the street. I stood and watched the car turn into the driveway of Louise’s house.  It was William’s car.  He climbed out of the car and from what I could make out in the growing darkness William was still dressed in the suit. He stood and waited as another car arrived behind him.
    Now who is that?
I didn’t know anything about cars, but it appeared the person was driving a sports car. I remembered that William said he’d found a buyer for the house. That meant I would have a new neighbor sooner than I thought.  Driving a car like that made me a bit apprehensive. Why didn’t William just move back home and let his mother live in peace in her own house? But that was my own selfishness, I guess.
    I didn’t want to appear too nosey so I moved farther inside the house,