Recreated Teaser Tuesday- Sneak Peek #2

Recreated Sneak Peek #2

 

As she sipped her tea and rocked, her twinkling eyes studied me in the dim room. “What’s bothering you, Lilypad?” she asked.

A stream of words crossed my tongue but melted away like chocolate over a flame. “I…it’s hard to talk about,” I said finally.

“Is it your parents? College?”

“No.”

“Ah…it’s a young man then.” I grimaced and then nodded once. “Tell me about him,” she encouraged.

Could I? If anyone would understand or believe me, it would be her. Anubis hadn’t said I couldn’t tell anyone. He probably just assumed that no one would accept what I said anyway and it wasn’t like sharing my story could change anything.

“Did he have a strong chin?” she asked, interrupting my thoughts.

“A…a what?” I replied.

“A strong chin. You can always tell a good man by the cut of his chin.”

I couldn’t help it. I laughed. “Nana, what are you talking about?”

“No, I mean it. A weak chinned man is a man you walk away from.” She slashed her hand in front of her as if karate chopping the weak man down.

“Are you sure you aren’t talking about horses or cows?” I teased.

Grandma leaned forward, “Your grandpa, rest his soul, had a rugged chin. He was a strong man. A good one. Never seen the like of him since.”

I folded my arms across my chest and regarded her with a smile. “Is that how you picked him? Based on his chin?”

“Well, there was that and the steamed windows.”

“Steamed windows?”

“Every time we got to kissing we steamed up the windows.”

I choked on my tea and set down the cup. “I did not need to know that about grandpa.”