Tales From New Traddery: The Hours of Her Garden
Erica, part 1.
Are you sure we should be doing this? We promised...
She's probably the only one who might know anything that we actually can trust. We should tell her.
Tell me what? What's going on - are y'all ok?
We're fine. It's Soleil. She just told us she's pregnant, and you can't say anything, but she won't tell us who the father is. She told us it's somebody she used to work with, but we think it's Finn.
Finn did used to work with her, remember? At least I think he did - I could be wrong, but I could have sworn I remember Aunt Gretch saying he had an internship with the museum his last year at T.U. He ended up hating it and went to work for the aquarium instead. Why would you think it's Finn, though - were they dating?
Maybe? She mentioned she invited him to Home Group but Steveigh was sick that night so we didn't get to go. I think Uncle Hugh was there - maybe you could ask him if Finn was there that night?
Sure, if you think it'll help - I'm supposed to meet up with him for coffee tomorrow. You know how nosy he is, though. If he figures it out, you know he'll go right home and tell Arianna and then we're all in for a sermon. Besides, you're probably barking up the wrong tree with Finn. He's been traveling for work for a while, so I don't think he's been in town long enough to... you know. But we're getting into the realm of "how much of this is actually any of our business?"
I hear you, and normally I'd agree with that, but that's my twin sister, Erica. I can't let her go through this by herself and I know her better than anybody. She's not just going to ask for help, she'll say everything is fine when it's not.
Well, the wisest thing I can think of is to say nothing. To anyone, just like you promised you would. But maybe we can arrange to get Finn and Soleil together somewhere public and just... watch? See how they act? Like maybe y'all can get them to Bean-A-Minute somehow tomorrow. Chris and Hugh and I will be there, we can keep an eye on things, and if it's weird, I can diffuse the situation but maybe they'll actually talk. Who knows - maybe something really sweet might happen? But whatever we find out, we have to let Soleil handle it.