The Gardens Part 2
Part Eight: Tiny Miracles
As the afternoon drifted onward, A little later, Iris found a bundle of fresh lavender tied with golden ribbon waiting beside her garden bench.
No note.
No explanation.
Just lavender.
She smiled immediately.
Across the courtyard, Lucinda looked very pleased with herself.
“You left that there.”
“Maybe.”
“You definitely left that there.”
“I liked the ribbon.”
Violet shook her head.But she still was smiling.
The next day Mateo discovered a basket of apples sitting outside the café before sunrise.
Perfect apples.
Bright red.
Enough for several pies.
He spent the entire morning trying to figure out who left them.
Lucinda denied involvement.….Repeatedly…..But the fact that she denied it before anyone actually accused her wasn’t helping her case.
Ravi noticed that too.”You’re suspicious.”
Lucinda looked playfully offended.”That’s hurtful.”
“You brought evidence against yourself before the investigation even started.”
“Details, details…..” She purred.
Violet nearly choked on her coffee.Little by little The Gardens changed.
Not dramatically…Just slightly… In all the most important ways. A form of growing .The way gardens tend to do.
The way friendships do too!!
A note appeared in someone’s mailbox at exactly the moment they needed encouragement.
A favorite flower showed up on a doorstep.
A forgotten birthday somehow became the celebration it deserved .
Nobody knew how these things happened.
Well.Almost nobody.
One evening, Lucinda and Violet sat beneath the willow tree watching lanterns flicker to life across the courtyard.
The sky had turned soft lavender.
Music drifted from the café patio.
The whole neighborhood was glowing.
Lucinda rested her head against the tree trunk.
“They’re lovely.”
Violet followed her gaze.To Theo
.To Maren.
To Iris.
To Eloise.
Then to Mateo laughing with a customer.
To all of them.”
They really are!!” Violet agreed softly.
For a moment neither spoke
.The silence felt warm.
Comfortable.
Like Home.
Then Lucinda sat up right and straightened her posture while still looking atound lovingly.
A very dangerous sign.
“I have another idea.”
Violet groaned playfully.”Of course you do.”
“It involves lanterns.”
“No.”
“And maybe a scavenger hunt.”
“No.”
“And possibly twenty-seven handwritten clues.”
Violet stared.”Twenty-seven?”
Lucinda smiled.”I haven’t finished planning yet.”
The best part was that Violet could already feel herself saying yes.🌹☕👻❤️✨
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