The Matchmaker's Choice: A Lesbian Romance - Page 176

I thought we were done with the conversation for

tonight. We’ve both said more to each other than we have all

year. Meaningful stuff. Stuff that’s not about work or about my

class. Personal stuff.

“A daughter who’s like everyone else?”

Dad surprises me again and grins. “Where would be

the fun in that?”

“I don’t know that fun is the right word.”

“It’s the right one.” He draws deeply on his pipe and

exhales. “Don’t worry. You haven’t given me any gray hairs.

These are all from work. Maybe a few from your mother.”

My jaw drops open an inch. “Did you just make a

joke?”

Dad never jokes. He might use some dry humor here

and there, very seldom, but he doesn’t joke. I guess I’d say

that he doesn’t believe in using more words than he has to in

order to get through the day.

“I am capable, you know.” Dad pulls on his pipe again.

Exhales again.

Honestly, I wasn’t sure.

We go back to sitting quietly in the companionable

silence that we’re much more used to sharing, even if it is

different now. Unexpectedly different. Good different.

Chapter 26

Adley

Coming back to the park is weird without Tildy. She’s with

Mandy this week. John and my sister both seem to be settling

into their own lives. They’re much happier now. It’s funny, not

in the ha-ha kind of sense, just maybe slightly strange, that

they can be friendly with each other now. They have Tildy to

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