Sunshine Valley

Show off

     Rebecca and Simon were sitting in a corner booth enjoying a quiet lunch when Evie and her dad walked in. They were seated. A strange lady joined them. Then Della. Followed by the sheriff. 

     Stella walked over to their table. “Stella,” Rebecca asked who is the lady sitting with Della?”

     “Miss Evelyn?”

     “No, the other one.”

     “Well shoot. If you hadn’t asked me. I codda told you.” Stella curled her lip, “ she’s not from ‘round here. It’ll come to me.” When Stella came back with their food, she explained who Povol was. 

     “Thank you.”

     Della giggled as she got up from their table. Almost dancing over to a huge wall calendar. Rebecca could hear her hum. She wrote Evelyn’s name on Thanksgiving, October, and / Christmas. 

     Rebecca took an angry bite from her sandwich eyeing Simon, whispering, “show off.”

     “Honey, that’s all that’s left.”

     She just rolled her eyes. 

     “Della,” Evelyn called after her. “I’d like to do something in the spring. To thank the community for helping with the house.”

     Della flipped through the pages, “how about Easter?”

     “I figured Easter would get gobbled up first thing.”

     “Not really.”

     She, Dillon, and her dad talked for a few minutes. “We’ll take it.” She wiggled in her chair as she patted Dillon on the shoulder, “you could be the Easter Bunny?” 

     Jack laughed. 

     “Find a suit big enough and you’ll have your bunny.” He answered playfully. 

     Rebecca smirked quietly at Simon, “I’ll be your bunny.”

     “Maybe we should volunteer to do something. Easter is fantastic.”

     She waved her fork at him, “don’t you dare.”

Sunshine Valley