“Not yet.” Luna said, “There is more to come.”
Just then the funny looking cat jumped down off of Ophelia’s lap and started running circles around the bonfire. The sky lit up different shades of blue and red, yellow, orange and green and sparks from the bonfire just added to the spectacle.
Ophelia blinked her eyes and there before her stood her mother, Gertie.
“You just had to make a grand entrance as always, Gertie.” Luna laughed.
Gertie walked up to Ophelia and put her arms around her daughter. “Hello, Ophelia, it has been a long time.”
Ophelia was speechless. She clung to her mother and she could not stop the tears running down her cheeks. “Mother, why did you pretend that you had died?” Ophelia cried.
“I was one hundred and three in mortal years, people were beginning to talk! I kept thinking that Donald would move out and be on his own, but he never did. I even bought him a house at one point, but he still continued to spend his time with me. I got tired of waiting, I wanted to see you again.” Gertie said.
Ophelia looked at her mother’s still extremely beautiful face and smiled. “You found me.”
“With help of the ring, yes. I just had to find a way to get the ring to you and get you back here. Thelma did a great job, don’t you think? Of course we all had a great deal of help from the Gaunter family, unbeknownst to them. I willed the trunk to them after I hid my journal and the ruby red ring in it. The semi-truck that caused their van to swerve that night was no fluke.”
“I can’t believe how happy I am, how everything does work out the way it should here in Enchanted.” Ophelia said. “Mother, I saw The Spa and I want to take it over, now we can run it together. I wanted to rename it Scarlett’s, but Luna and Thelma seemed to object although they never said exactly why.” Ophelia said looking at Luna and Thelma.
“Scarlett was what the Great Evil called me, it was his nickname for me.”
“Oh, no wonder they were so shocked to hear that name come out of my mouth.” Ophelia said.
“All that was so long ago, I rather like the name Scarlett and would hate to only have bad thoughts when hearing it. Spa Scarlett, Scarlett’s Spa, either way sounds great to me!” Gertie said.
“I know how Janet, Cindy and Ashton escaped, but mother, how did you and Hugo get out?”
“To finish the story, I took Hugo from the Palace. Ashton came back in horse form and we left together that night. Ashton brought the ring back to me so the three of us could leave together. Hugo was transformed into a deer. Anyone who saw us leave that night would have only seen an old woman in tattered clothes, riding on a miniature pony and leading a small deer.”
“I don’t think I could ever think of you as an old woman mother, no matter how many years you have existed. I am beyond fortunate to have inherited your looks. But there is one piece left of this puzzle, mother.” Ophelia said.
“You have had a number of revelations tonight, Ophelia, perhaps we should wait before hearing anymore. There is actually more to the story than even Thelma and Luna are aware of at this point.” Gertie said.
“Excuse me?” Thelma and Luna said in unison.
“Turn around” Gertie said.
Luna and Thelma did and they stood their own mother, Gertie’s sister Ophelia for whom her daughter was named for. Luna and Thelma rushed to embrace their mother and Ophelia took that moment to ask the question she had never before asked her mother.
“Mom, who is my father? Was he the Great Evil?”
Gertie looked at her daughter and took her face into her hands. “Yes, my love, he was.”
Ophelia’s heart swelled with more love than she ever thought possible for her mother. “Oh mom, you have suffered so much, I am so proud of you, of all of us!”
Ophelia the senior clapped her hands, causing everyone to pay attention to what she was going to say. “I think now would be a good time for that toast, Ophelia.”
Janet then stepped into the middle of the group and said “Just one more thing.” She then produced a large painting that showed sisters Gertie and Ophelia, Luna and Thelma and Gertie’s daughter Ophelia.
“This was the surprise that I was hinting at this morning at The Spa, Ophelia. Painted almost entirely from memory.”
The women looked at the painting with tears in their eyes. The senior Ophelia then said “Now we have even more to toast!”
Thank you for spending this time with my favorite characters. I also hope you have enjoyed reading Miss Enchanter – Ophelia’s Story and will leave a review on Amazon or from where purchased.
If this is the first of the series that you have read, you might enjoy the books where we meet the characters and how they evolved to meet each other.
Ghost House – where we first meet Suzanne and The Gaunter family – Book 1
Ghost Granny – where we first meet Thelma and her sister Luna – Book 2
Ghost Cat, Thelma’s Dilemma – where we first meet Ophelia Book 3
Gertie’s Choice – Gertie’s story from the old country to Enchanted and beyond. Book 5
I Promised, Ophelia and William – The story of Thelma and Luna’s parents. Available early 2016 – Book 6 – Final Ghost Series Book
Other books by this author:
Jennifer – Hey, Who Am I? – Book 1
Jennifer – The Journey Continues – Book 2
Jennifer – The Journey Ends – Book 3
Missy Mistake
Not Gone
Following Suzanne
Joey’s Bench
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