Amish Christmas Twins by Patricia Davids

Author:Patricia Davids
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Something was wrong.

John saw Willa shift to the back of the group as more people heard the news about Ada and gathered around Isaac for information. John worked his way to her side. Her starkly pale face frightened him. “Willa, are you all right?”

Her hand trembled as she grasped his arm. “Can we go?”

“What’s wrong?”

“I have a headache.”

It looked like more than a headache to him. Did this have something to do with the death of Ada Kaufman, or was it the baby? The wildness in her eyes worried him.

“I’m tired, that’s all. I need to lie down,” she said before he could voice his questions.

He grasped her elbow. “I will take you inside, and you can lie down there.”

“I’d rather go home unless you wish to visit longer.”

“Nee, I’m ready to leave.” He opened the back door of the buggy and helped her inside.

He caught Samuel Bowman by the arm and spoke quietly into his ear. “Willa needs to return home. Can you help me hitch up?”

His eyes widened in alarm. “Of course. Should I send Rebecca to you?”

Samuel’s wife, Rebecca, was widely known as a lay nurse. “Nee, Willa wants to go back to the house. She has been ill recently, and I think she is overtired.”

“I’ll go get your mare.”

Vera seemed to notice what was going on and came to John. “Is Willa okay?”

“She says she has a headache and is tired. Will you fetch the girls?”

She nodded and made shooing motions to the people standing in front of the buggy talking to Isaac. They quickly made way and Samuel soon came trotting up with Clover. He and John made short work of hitching the mare. John climbed into the driver’s seat as Vera reappeared with Megan and Lucy. He held his door open. “Sit up here with me, girls, and I’ll let you drive after a while.”

“Bless you,” his mother said in relief.

She got in back and John slapped the reins against Clover’s rump. The mare trotted quickly down the lane.

John glanced over his shoulder frequently as he drove home. Willa kept her face turned to the window. He couldn’t be sure, but she looked on the verge of tears. He wanted to help, but he had no idea what to do. His mother patted Willa’s hand and spoke softly to her. Willa answered but kept her face turned away. He couldn’t hear what they were saying.

“Are you feeling better, Willa?” he asked after they had traveled a mile.

“I’m sorry to ruin everyone’s day.”

“You didn’t ruin anything,” his mother assured her.

Megan tugged on his sleeve. “I drive horsey?”

He had promised the child only to keep her and her sister quiet so they wouldn’t bother Willa, but he didn’t mind showing Megan what to do. Some of his earliest memories were of his father helping him to hold the reins on the way home from church.

“You will have to sit on my lap so that I can help you and you can see where you are going.

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