A Season of Change by Lynette Sowell

Author:Lynette Sowell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Abingdon Fiction
Published: 2014-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Jacob was dreaming. He knew it was a dream, because Hannah was still alive and they were walking together in a park, lush and green. He’d had this dream before, for many nights and many months since Hannah had died. The dream had disappeared as time went on and hadn’t come for several months.

This time, the dream was a bit different. There was a nearby volleyball court, shuffleboard court, and pavilion—like Pinecraft Park, along with its swings for the children. But not Pinecraft Park. He couldn’t see the end of the path they walked together.

“How are the kinner?” she asked in her soft, gentle voice.

“Zeke is speaking English better and better every day. Rebecca is healing from her injuries. I was afraid, more than once, we were going to lose her.”

“Nein, it’s not her time yet,” Hannah said, facing him. She wore her wedding dress, the dress they had laid her to rest in. “Not for a long, long time. I’m glad Zeke is coming out of his shell, like a little turtle.” She laughed, a joyful sound to Jacob’s ears.

“How do you know about Rebecca?”

“Ach, the things I know now, I didn’t know then.” Hannah beamed. “I can’t explain it, but there are things now I just know.”

“I want you back, here and now, with me.” He tried to reach for her hand, but it was like running his hand through rushing water, getting pushed back.

“Nein, you wouldn’t wish that for me. Not if you’d seen what I have.” Her face glowed as if reflecting the sun.

“If not for the children, I would be with you,” he admitted. When would they come to the end of the park? Or had they made an infinite lap, in this his dream?

“Don’t say that. Our days together have all been written and are over. Our time together is done.” Hannah stopped short. Her words snapped at him, then softened as she continued. “I can tell you this: you have a purpose not yet fulfilled, Jacob Miller. You will live to fulfill that purpose and beyond, and will die full of years, with more kinner to join Rebecca and Zeke.”

“More children?”

They began walking again, and this time Jacob could see the edge of the park and the first few homes of the neighborhood.

“More children.” She beamed at him again.

“That means . . .”

“You will find love again.” Hannah looked toward a figure waiting at the edge of the park. Jacob followed her gaze.

It was a man who appeared familiar, but Jacob knew he’d never seen him before. Or had he? He tried to remember how he must know this man.

“I’m coming, Samuel—” Hannah called out.

“Samuel?” Jacob echoed.

“He begged to see his daed.” Hannah smiled at him until the light grew too strong for his eyes, and he closed them against its brightness.

He woke, finding himself in Mammi Rachel’s house, with moonlight painting a light wash on the covers. Somehow, he knew he’d never dream about Hannah again.

The cuckoo clock in the living room chirped three o’clock.

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