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it.”
    Candace
smiled and made her way to Pearl. She held out her hand so Pearl could see the
ring Jameson had given her. Pearl was markedly quiet. “Pearl?”
    “She
is really something,” Pearl said emotionally.
    “Yes,
she is.”
    “Candy,
you don’t recognize that ring; do you?” Pearl asked.
    “What
are you talking about?” Candace asked.
      “Come with me.” Pearl led Candace into the
study and retrieved an old photo album. “I wondered why she asked me about
that.”
    “Asked
you about what?” Candace wondered.
    Pearl
pointed to a picture in the album. Candace squinted without her glasses of
bring it into focus. It was a photo of her Granddad and her Grandma when they
were first married. “I don’t…” Pearl sighed and flipped another few pages
forward. She pointed to another photo.   “Oh my God,” Candace gasped. She looked at her ring. “This is almost
exactly the same as Grandma’s ring.”
    Pearl
nodded. “You can’t really tell what kind of stone it is. I wondered why Jameson
asked me that. But, you know Jameson. She’s curious about everything. She’d
asked about the color of the wallpaper, what type of cigars your granddad
smoked, every detail she could think of. I told her the story about the time
you dressed up in your grandma’s wedding dress. How she found you and told you
that one day you would find someone just as special as she did. You swore you’d
marry someone just like your granddad,” Pearl laughed. “She loves hearing those
stories about you, you know? I should have known,” Pearl mused. Candace’s eyes
had drifted to her ring.
    “Hey,”
Jameson’s voice called from the door. “I wondered what happened to you two.
What are you doing in here? I thought you went to get some wine.” Candace
walked to Jameson and put her arms around Jameson’s neck. “What did I do?”
Jameson asked. “And, was it a good thing?”
    “I
love you,” Candace said. Jameson looked at Pearl in confusion. “What? You don’t
believe me?” Candace asked. “I’m an idiot,” she said.
    “What
are you talking about?” Jameson wondered.
    “The
ring, Jameson. I’m so sorry. I didn’t even notice it was…”
    Jameson
kissed Candace sweetly. “Well, it isn’t exactly the same. Pearl told me that
your grandmother always wanted you to have it, but your mother and father gave
it to David to give to Carol. I know it’s not the same.”
    “No,
it’s even better,” Candace said with a kiss.
    “I’m
going to go get that wine,” Pearl said. “I trust you will be right behind me?”
Jameson nodded. “Good. As fascinating as I find
Shell’s tale of the fireworks on the Fourth of July, I would prefer you wait
until after I leave for a repeat performance,” she said as she walked out the
door.
    Candace
collapsed her head on Jameson’s shoulder. “Why doesn’t she just rent a
billboard?”
    “Well,
look at the bright side. If you run for governor you could save a lot of money
and just hire Shell for your campaign,” Jameson suggested. “She certainly knows
how to get a message out.”
    “Campaign
for what? Madame Candace of the Jameson Reid House of Ill Repute?” Candace
asked.
    Jameson
laughed. “Eh, no one looks for honest politicians anyway.”
    “Jameson!”
Candace swatted her lover.
    “Just
kidding. Come on, or there will be a whole new campaign running through this
family before we know it,” Jameson said.
    “Jameson?
Thanks.”
    Jameson
smiled. “Don’t thank me until you hear all of my mother’s ideas,” she laughed.
    “Oh
no.”
    “Oh
yes,” Jameson laughed.
    “Red,
white, and blue?” Candace asked. Jameson just smiled. “Oh boy,” Candace
chuckled. She let Jameson lead her back to their family. “Why do I suddenly
think a campaign might be less stressful?” she thought silently.

 

Chapter Four
    “No,” Candace said
firmly. “I said no. There are only two letters in the word, Daniel. It
shouldn’t be that difficult to understand…even