A Love for Leah (Mills & Boon Love Inspired) (The Amish Matchmaker, Book 4) by Emma Miller

Author:Emma Miller [Miller, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mobilism, Tehparadox, Viprasys
ISBN: 9781474064927
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-02-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When Leah arrived back at Sara’s after driving her sister and nephews to the dentist, she didn’t expect to find Thomas there and busy at work. He was digging a hole in the side yard using a Bobcat, a small specialized tractor with a backhoe on the rear. Thomas saw her and waved before shutting off the engine. “You’re out early,” he called to her.

“Dental checkups for Johanna’s older boys. No cavities.”

She got out of the car and crossed the lawn to the edge of the excavation.

“They keep you busy, driving to doctors and such,” he said. “Your sisters.”

“Not just my sisters. Friends, family, half the people in Seven Poplars, I think,” Leah replied, tickled to see Thomas, even though she wasn’t expecting him. “I won’t be allowed to keep the car once I join the church, but until then, I’m glad to help out the community. Saves them paying a driver. Grossmama needs to go to the lab for some blood work soon. I promised Anna I’d take her.”

She was also driving Ruth to the midwife for a checkup, but that wasn’t information she intended to share with Thomas. Her sister was in the family way, something women liked to keep private until their condition became obvious. “What are you doing? Don’t tell me Sara is putting in a swimming pool?”

Thomas chuckled. “Close enough. She wants a fishpond with a fountain. It’s going to be solar powered.”

“I didn’t know you could drive one of those things.” She pointed at the Bobcat. How handsome he looked, she thought. Just the sight of him on this bright June morning made her want to clap for joy.

“There’s a lot about me you don’t know,” he replied with a grin.

Typical Thomas, always ready with a smart answer. She looked at the hole in the lawn and then back at the machine. “I meant, I didn’t know that the elders approved of tractors. Shouldn’t you be digging this with a shovel?”

He shook his head. “It would take a lot of shoveling. The community voted to allow heavy machinery on a limited basis.” He chuckled. “So I’m fine as long as I don’t use it as transportation. I just can’t drive it home.”

She laughed. “How did you get it here?”

“The equipment-rental place delivers.” He climbed down off the tractor seat and pointed to the excavation. “Sara asked me if I wanted to put in a bid for the pond, a screened-in gazebo and an arbor. She wants a welcoming place where her couples can sit and talk privately while remaining in full view.”

“It will be lovely, but she didn’t say a word about it,” Leah said.

“That’s Sara. She likes to have all her ducks in a row before she talks about her plans. This shouldn’t take too long, and it will give me extra money to put into my garden. Speaking of which...” He pointed at her. “Would you like to come over after work and see my peppers and tomato plants?”

“I would.

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