A Bride for Gavin by Lynn Donovan

Author:Lynn Donovan [Donovan, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-22T05:00:00+00:00

Three months later…

“If it’s a matter of money, I got money.” Gavin heard the begging in his voice and hated it, but what could he do? Mrs. Freeman didn’t have one single reply to his heartfelt letter asking for a mail order bride. “My harvest came in good, and I got money!”

“Mister Sallee, I told ya. It’s not a matter of money.” She hesitated. Here it came. What he already knew. “It’s your age.”

Gavin sighed. “I can’t do nothing about my age. I am what I am, but that don’t make my circumstances any different! I need help. These babies—”

“We’re not babies!” Cole stiffened with his hands taut at his side and balled into fists.

Gavin turned to look at his brother. A slight smile curled on Gavin’s lips. “I reckon you’re right. I’m sorry. I should stop calling you that.” He turned to the matchmaker. “Ma’am, I’ve gotta do something. It’s closing in on winter, and I didn’t put down a winter crop so I could stay in the house with the— these two. But come spring, I’ve gotta plant seeds! I’ve just gotta!”

“I know. I understand.” She shook her head. “Let me write to my cousin in Ohio. Maybe Fagan will have an idea. Trust me, I know you need a helpmeet in the worst way, regardless of how young you are.”

Frustration escaped Gavin’s mouth, but he tried to make it sound like he had sighed. “Yes, ma’am.”

“I’ll send word as soon as I have something for you.” She concluded.

Gavin nodded. “The sooner, the better.”

She, too, bobbed her head. “I understand, honestly I do.”

“Yes, ma’am.” He resolved he could get no further today. He gathered his siblings and headed over to the hotel. Tonight’s hot meal was gonna be without dishes to wash.

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