The Youth Elixir (GRACETOWN #5) by Cindy Kirk EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Cindy Kirk
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“I bid seven.” Matilda “Til” Beemis glanced at the cards in her hand and
hid a smile. Her luck had finally turned. Even though seven was a stretch—
with only an ace and a queen—if she got the trey, she’d be more than
halfway to her bid.
She and her friends had gathered for lunch, cards and conversation.
Today, the game was Pitch. They’d decided to play the version Call for
Your Partner, a favorite of Til’s.
Geraldine Walker shook her head. “I can’t go eight.”
“I can’t even go five.” Beverly Raymond placed her cards face down on
the table and heaved an exaggerated sigh.
Neither of the other two at the table in Geraldine and Beverly’s dining
room was willing to take a chance and bid higher.
Til’s lips curved in satisfaction. Though she wasn’t positive she could
get seven, she decided to embrace the mindset—go bold or go home.
“The bid is yours, Til. What are you looking for?” Lisa Rogan, the
youngest of the five friends, shot a quick glance at the cards in her hands.
No doubt wondering if she’d be Til’s partner for this hand.
Although Lisa was only fifty, decades younger than the other four
women, Lisa had an “old soul” and fit in perfectly.
“Spades.” Til laid down her ace. “I’m calling for the three.”
Directly across the table, Rosemary Woodsen grimaced. When it came
her turn to lay down her card, she placed the three of spades on the pile.
“I’m afraid that’s the only help I can give.”
Til might have groaned on the inside, but she shot Rosemary a
reassuring smile. “No worries.”
The truth was, Til had counted on her partner helping her reach seven.
Now she was going to have to make it on her own. At least she was in
familiar territory—she’d been on her own most of her life.
Unfortunately, this time if she failed, she wouldn’t be the only one who
went down in flames. She would take Lisa down with her.
Think positive, Til told herself.
But when Geraldine’s lips curved, Til knew even a positive attitude
wasn’t going to save her. Or Lisa.
After cards, the women moved outside for cookies and lemonade. It had
been only two hours since they’d each enjoyed a red velvet cupcake with
thick cream cheese topping for dessert.
No one appeared bothered by that, especially when Beverly announced
she’d stopped by the bakery that morning and picked up a dozen Berger
cookies. The soft cakelike cookies with a mound of rich fudge frosting were
irresistible and had been a Maryland favorite for nearly two hundred years.
Talk on the porch quickly turned to a favorite topic—Rosemary’s
upcoming wedding. Love had come late in life to the handsome woman
with the long gray braid down her back. Not long after arriving in town,
Rosemary had met Barry Whitehead and fallen head over heels.
“You two make such a cute couple,” Beverly gushed.
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