A Bride for Daniel by Ginny Sterling

Author:Ginny Sterling [Sterling, Ginny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-27T06:00:00+00:00

Emma was taken aback as she listened to the two men speak. Alden had evidence that their uncle had been selling secrets to the British for the last few months and had already turned it over to the authorities. He was heading back to New York to check on his bride, but now that he’d discovered Daniel was here and alive – the two were suddenly making plans to return to Baltimore together.

“I can’t leave Lexington,” Emma blurted out, drawing two sets of eyes onto her as she sat there silently.

“Emma, we need to…”

“Daniel, my brother and father…” Emma interrupted, quietly reminding him, but couldn’t finish saying the words. She wasn’t ready to say goodbye to her family. She had wanted to do something special for them, to remember them, and guilt had eaten at her. She had confessed as much one evening to Daniel over their dinner just last night when they had talked about their pasts. Someday, once everything had settled down and the war was over, she’d promised herself to put stone markers there to remember them that would match her mother’s.

Their graves were marked for her own knowledge, not how she truly wanted them to be. A small cross stuck out of the ground as a reminder. No, she couldn’t leave her family, and there was the storefront to maintain. It had been her father’s and truthfully, she wasn’t sure how they’d gotten by before the war. If she hadn’t had Alden’s insights and aid, the shop would have closed long ago due to financial woes.

“Fret not, my Emma. Perhaps time will give us the answers we need,” Daniel said carefully to Alden, before he laid his hand over hers. It was like he was acknowledging her words, her input, and offering up a silent understanding of what she was feeling. Emma nodded quietly in appreciation, blushing at the show of affection that was unexpected.

Daniel had referred to her as ‘my Emma’, and it was the first time there was any endearment given other than calling her ‘wife’. Maybe things were turning between them? Their lives together didn’t have to be perfect… but being suitable certainly helps things along, she thought silently.

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