A Reunion of Hearts by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2019-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

Ruth nodded as she chewed her bottom lip for a few seconds. “I should help you. With the house.”

She had planned to make that part of her recovery process while she was here—visiting their former home. But she wasn’t sure if it would be easier going alone or with Gideon. If she went alone, she was sure to melt in a puddle on the floor and stay there for hours crying. With Gideon, she’d at least try to corral her emotions.

Shaking his head, Gideon sighed. “You don’t have to do that.”

Ruth wasn’t sure if he didn’t want her to go with him or if he was just being kind. “I came here to see my family and friends, but I also need to face a few things while I’m here, and the house is one of them. It’s not fair for you to do the work alone. I should help.”

Gideon looped his thumbs in the belt loops of his jeans and rocked back on his heels once. “It might be easier on both of us if we do it together.”

“Maybe.” Ruth raised her eyes to his as she thought about their time together at the cemetery, the bond they still shared. She glanced over her shoulder. “I need to run in the house and let Esther know what I’m doing.”

Ruth returned a few minutes later. Her sister had been way too happy that she was spending more time with Gideon. She hoped Esther didn’t get her hopes up about them getting back together. There was just too much water under that bridge.

It was a quiet ride to the house. And that was okay. Gideon surely had the same apprehensions she had. What would it be like to see their furniture covered up, their possessions packed, and reminders of how they ran away? Gideon packed almost everything since he left two months after Ruth. Esther said it didn’t look like he’d taken much. Ruth understood. She left with very little too.

The yard was recently mowed, but the flowerbeds were barren of blooms and full of weeds. She recalled the plush greenery mixed with the colorful flowers she used to plant every spring.

Her heart pounded like a bass drum as she hesitated on the porch steps. Gideon unlocked the front door with a key he pulled from his pocket, and Ruth lifted a foot, heavy as lead, and stepped onto the porch.

As the door creaked open, Ruth prayed something positive would come from this visit, that somehow it would prove to be a part of their healing. The musty smell of mold hit her hard as she stepped across the threshold, her feet crunching on dried leaves that must have blown in through the broken window. Esther hadn’t mentioned a broken window, but her sister also said she hadn’t been to the house in almost a month. She meant to clean right before Ruth arrived, but Becky had gotten sick last week.

With no electricity, and the predictable spring rains, Ruth wasn’t surprised the mold was already starting.

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