A Heart Made New by Kelly Irvin

Author:Kelly Irvin [Irvin, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780736943840
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 2012-11-01T15:51:49+00:00

Annie’s jaw ached with the effort to hold back the tears. She resisted the urge to slam the screen door. It would only scare Gracie and irritate Leah. She’d lost her temper with David. Instead of using gentle words of persuasion, she’d shrieked at him. No man cared for a woman who sounded like that. Why had she said anything? Why had she allowed herself to give in to the temptation to bare her anger and frustration to him? She had been determined to hold her tongue and be his friend through the treatments and the tests and the results. Instead, she’d driven him far, far away. Oh, Father, please forgive me. Please help David to forgive me.

The sound of shouting trumpeting from the kitchen forced Annie from her reverie. Leah’s familiar screech said things weren’t going well in the house either. She wiped at her face with her sleeve and pulled herself together. There would be time later for self-recrimination and prayers for forgiveness.

Charisma trudged into the front room. “I think you’d better get back there.”

“What’s going on?” Annie set Gracie on the floor next to a pile of the little twins’ building blocks. The little girl immediately took her thumb from her mouth, grabbed a block, and threw it across the room. It pinged against the wall and Annie shook a finger at her. “Don’t do that, Gracie. Build something for Mommy, okay?” She handed her another block and turned to Charisma. “Why is Leah yelling?”

“I don’t know, but Lillie and Mary are trying to hide in the corner and they’re both bawling.”

Leaving Charisma to entertain her daughter, Annie rushed into the kitchen. Charisma’s description didn’t do justice to the scene. Leah, her face almost purple, brandished a long wooden spoon in one hand. The room reeked of burned food. The twins scrunched down on their knees next to the wood-burning stove. They were both sobbing. “Annie, Annie!” Mary jumped to her feet. “It was an accident. We didn’t mean to burn supper.”

“Accident? Accidents are what happen when you trip and knock a dish off the table,” Leah shrieked. Her arms flailed and the spoon dipped and rolled. “You are lazy! Both of you! Lazy slackers!”

“It doesn’t help to call names.” Annie edged into the fray, stationing herself between the wooden spoon and Mary’s head. “Whatever they did, I’m sure they didn’t mean it.”

Leah smacked the spoon on the prep table. “You run around the countryside with your Englisch friend—who never lifts a finger to help, by the way—how would you know what is going on here?” She pointed the spoon at the twins. “I was sewing pants for William and Joseph. These two were supposed to get the clothes off the line. Instead of doing their chores, they snuck into the barn to play with the new litter of kittens. The rainstorm comes along and soaks the clothes and the roast is burned. What will I give Luke for supper?”

“There’s ham left from last night. I’ll make a casserole.

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