Ashes to Ashes - Chapter Sixteen

Life in general didn’t change much with the revelation of where the twins got their biological parentage. The girls seemed more comfortable around Max and Evan, and the feeling of impending doom that had hovered over them for so long had finally dissipated.

Evan admitted to herself that that feeling had probably all been in her head, but not having that weight to carry made life a lot easier. Cases were being handled, work got done, and Max and Evan started to date publicly. Their first date was to go to Edgar’s for dinner for Valentine’s day. Evan got her hair done at the salon and Maggie took her to the high-end shops to get new makeup and perfume.

She wore an emerald green silk sheath and her one pair of black Louboutin’s, her hair up in a twist and held with a gold and emerald hair pick she’d found in an antique store in France. Around her neck was a delicate gold chain that held a V-shaped piece of art where gold vines and leaves with tiny emerald chips looked like a cluster of fairy branches against her collarbone. On one wrist, she wore a delicate gold watch that had belonged to her mother, while on the other wrist was a gold bangle she’d given to Emery a few years back. It was February and still cold, so she wore a long, black wool coat until they got to the restaurant.