Tuesday Tales: From the Word SOUND

Back from an incredible vacation and celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. Now, I’m ready to tackle all of my fall reading, writing, and editing challenges. Welcome to this week’s Tuesday Tales. Our word prompt is SOUND. I’m continuing with my holiday romance, Forever in my Heart. My trip allowed me to have a closer look at the area where I’ve set the story. Below are a few of the places I’ll be mentioning in the book

Images from top left: Icefield Skywalk, Lake Maligne, Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Lake, Jasper Lodge, Various Glaciers en route, Victoria Glacier, Lake Louise, John and I atop Sulfur Mountain in Banff.

Here’s this week’s scene, Enjoy.

Calvin sat in his chair across a desk that could probably serve as a dining room table for a family of ten.

“I always caution my clients to discuss their wills with the executors when there are custody issues. Did Luke and Cassie talk to you about theirs?”

Custody issues? Mike shook his head. What was there to talk about? He was Luke’s only living relative, other than the twins. Everything went to them in trust, and he would see to it that the resort prospered. He would look after those two little ladies as if they were his own.

“No, but Luke was talking crazy talk before he died. He said something about Cassie having a twin sister, one he was supposed to marry.”

The lawyer nodded. “Tilda was on her deathbed, but she saw it coming. She tried to warn Callie, soften the blow, but that girl was so blinded by love and those Christmas wedding plans, she couldn’t see the nose on her face. But you just had to see Cassie and Luke together to know there was something magical there. They were meant for each other.”

“Are you telling me he jilted one sister practically at the altar and then married the other one?” He shook his head in disbelief. “That doesn’t sound like the brother I know—knew. Why would he have kept something like that from me? The last thing he asked me was to look after the girls and make things right with the aunt. He even had me promise to marry her.”

“Did you?”

“Damn straight. I would’ve promised him the moon if it had helped. So what really happened? He claimed you knew all about it.” Mike swallowed the lump in his throat. It didn’t seem right to talk about his brother this way, but he had to know. “How could he have done such a thing … and Cassie, to do that to her twin … I don’t get it.”

Calvin rubbed his chin. “Love does strange things to people. Cassie and Callie were separated as infants, one parent each taking one child. It wasn’t until Callie’s mother died that the girls learned they were sisters. That was about ten years ago. Callie was a nurse in Vancouver, and Cassie was a school teacher in Banff.”

That’s it. Stay safe and don’t forget to check out the other Tuesday Tales