A Widow's Hope by Mary Ellis

Author:Mary Ellis [Ellis, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Amish romance
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 2009-03-01T13:00:00+00:00

Some things just weren’t meant to be.

The early summer shower stopped as abruptly as it had begun. With his chores finally behind him, Seth headed to the river to wash up instead of to the tub indoors. The cool water refreshed him after nine hours of sun beating on his back. He had one more thing to do before his rest tonight, and that was to pay a visit to his brother’s house. The gift he picked up that morning should be delivered before it settled into the wrong routine.

He grinned remembering last night’s supper: Julia had looked nervous, Simon peeved, Miss Stoddard sympathetic…and Hannah? Hannah had looked delightful with her green eyes shining and her flaxen hair peeking beneath her kapp. She surely had tried her best. And that’s all anyone should expect. Her dinner might have been awful, but that didn’t bother him at all.

After the ride home from town, he’d pretty much figured Hannah wouldn’t become his wife anyway. Some widowers were destined to remain alone. He never did have much luck saying or doing the right thing when it came to women. Constance had overlooked his rough edges, or he would never have married the first time around.

He shouldn’t have told Hannah what to do with her sheep. It wasn’t his place to interfere in Simon’s household. But there was no reason they couldn’t be friends. Not talking to one another was just plain silly. Maybe after his apology and the gift, she would consider watching Phoebe for a few days until Mrs. Lehman was back on her feet. It wouldn’t hurt to ask, especially since Phoebe needed to lose some of her shyness around Hannah.

As it turned out, his gift ended up doing all the talking.

Seth had barely brought the buggy to a stop in Simon’s yard when the dog he had bought leaped down and started barking. It ran straight to its new mistress.

Hannah was bent low, weeding the garden, and she was nearly knocked off her feet. “A border collie!” she exclaimed, trying to pet the prancing dog. “Seth Miller, is this dog for me?” When the dog jumped up to lick her face, she lost her balance and landed between the bean rows.

“Jah, it’s for you,” Nothing could stop the dog’s exuberance until Seth took hold of the collar with one hand and pulled Hannah to her feet with the other.

“What’s her name?” she asked, patting the dog’s head.

“His name is Turnip.” Seth said, holding up his palms. “Don’t blame me for the sorry name. He came with it. Supposedly, that’s what he likes to eat from the garden when no one’s looking.”

“No kidding?” Hannah asked. She put both arms around the collie’s neck. The affection appeared to be mutual. “I thought the price was too high or the pups were all gone,” she said as the dog struggled to lick her face.

“They were all gone. The ad hanging in the auction barn was pretty old. But the man needed to find a home for the pups’ father.

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