What Evil Lurks in Monet's Pond: A (14 page)

“And....”

“And I want you to meet the family.”

“I don’t know, Maisie,” he chuckled. “Is that
really a good idea?”

“Meaning?”

“Do you really want your family to know?”

“Know what?”

“That you like men.”

“Why would I mind that?” I was thinking of
the debacle of the other night. It would be a welcome change.

“How are you going to feel when they all
start bugging you?”

“Bugging me? Why would they bug me,
Ross?”

“They’ll want to know.”

“Know what?”

“About the wedding. You’ll have no peace. All
you’ll hear is, ‘When are you two going to tie the knot?’ I know
you, babe. It’ll send you up the wall.”

“Oh, you’re hilarious,” I chided him.

“That’s me.”

“Pack your tux, penguin boy,” I instructed
him, “or your kilt. New Year’s Eve is a formal affair. We party
hard here.”

“I wouldn’t have it any other way, babe.”

Other Series by Sara M. Barton:

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Snow White and the Hunter, #1

Where’s Hansel and Gretel’s Gingerbread
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The Bard’s Bed & Breakfast Mysteries:

Let Slip the Dogs of War, #1

A Plague O’ Both Your Houses, #2

The “Off-the-Books” Mysteries:

Henry Hartman’s Holiday Crisis, #1

The “Tell No One” Mysteries:

Run for Your Life, Riley Horton, #1

The Dance with Danger Mysteries:

Square Dance with a Scandalous Skunk, #1

Paso Doble with a Passionate Python, #2

Foxtrot with a Furtive Fox, #3

Bossa Nova with a Belligerent Bear, #4

Mambo with a Maniacal Mako, #5

Charleston with a Clever Cougar, #6