Chapter 59: FAMILY REUNION, Part 3

The next morning Ashleigh was up well before Christopher, her grumbling belly sending her into the kitchen for something to snack on before breakfast.

Several ladies were already awake, including Mrs. Jameson. They were slicing potatoes and onions for home fries. Uncle Ray gave her a quick good morning before heading out to supervise the whole pig that was going into the ground to roast. Yum, a pig roast.

"What can I help with?"

"Good morning dear." Mrs. Jameson gave her a broad smile. "Here have a danish." She said while passing her a fresh baked danish still warm from the oven. She accepted it gratefully. Aww, why couldn't Mrs. Jameson be her mom? Well…then Christopher would have been her brother. She decided that having her as a mother-in-law was the next best thing.

"Thank you Mrs. Jameson."

"Honey, you are going to have to call me Edith if you don't want to call me mom."

She blushed and bit into her delicious pastry. "This is good mom. Did you bake it?"