Chapter 235

Supper was a delightful display of food, children and laughter. Exactly as Sandra liked it. Creighton’s family arrived barely ten minutes after they returned from shopping and helped bring in the groceries while Sandra held Justin, Kristin and Derek’s newest addition to the family. He was a beautiful baby and unlike his siblings, he had the Ashford’s dark hair. Irena had bowed out of the evening’s festivities for a sleepover with her best friend Amelia Hardy, so the noise and excitement was much less chaotic.

The dinner was served in the dining room while everyone admired the old china hutch. The children were set up at a small table near the adults and the mood was light and cheerful, even Harvey and Parker had come into the main house to share the meal of roast lamb, garden vegetables and salad, followed by fresh peach cobbler. Andrew arrived just as the food was being set on the table, followed shortly afterward by Sabrina, who was very animated about her first day at work with her