A surprise

Stella here.
Well, if that don't beat all! Molly Eldridge just phoned me up with some surprise news.
Seems her friend from away got off OK after all, left this mornin'. Th' roads was clear enough f'r him t' get t' Portland an' catch his plane back home. THAT wasn't so surprisin'.
Molly said she didin't have no illusions about her an' him strikin' up any kind o' ro-mance... said there' just wasn't no "chemistry" - least as far as she was concerned. THAT wasn't much of a surprise, neither, from what she'd already told me.

What the surprise was was that she told me that Webb Grant, who's been plowin' her drive for her ev'ry winter storm since Frank passed away, stopped by t'day. 'Stead o' just drivin' in an' plowin' th' last o' th' new snow, seems Webb got outta his truck an' come t' th' door an' stumbled through askin' Molly f'r a DATE. THAT was th' surprise!

Now that I think on it, I expect mebbe he's been sweet on her f'r some time but never got up th' nerve t' say nothin'. Mebbe findin' out she had a gentleman visitor from away woke ol' Webb up some an' he figured he'd better fish or cut bait.
Anyways, Molly says they're gonna go f'r coffee one o' these days. She sounded mighty tickled about it, too.

I guess y' just never know. Life is full o' surprises.
I'll keep y' posted if anything develops.
Love,
Stella