Amish Harvest, COMPLETE SERIES: Amish Novella by Bayarr Samantha Jillian

Author:Bayarr, Samantha Jillian [Bayarr, Samantha Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Livingston Hall Publishers, LLC
Published: 2014-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

“I’m not leaving, Daddy,” Bailey protested. “I’m going to bring in the harvest, whether you give me the deed or not!”

Jack dug his heels into the rear of the gelding, setting off at a gallop. Bailey coughed at the cloud of dust her father kicked up as he left without saying a word to her. The scowl on his face had said it all. It was all too clear to her that he was disappointed in her, but she had gotten used to it.

Lately, it seemed that she made him angry every time she turned around. No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn’t please him. And so she figured there was no point as far as the farm was concerned. With the help of Luke and Hannah, she was determined to finish what she had started…even if it meant disappointing her father.

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Jack steered the horse into unfamiliar territory, feeling every jut in the trail. He was determined to put his daughter’s demands in the back of his mind. No matter what she said, he would not give in to her. He did not intend to give her the deed to the farm. His Aunt Helena would have wanted it to stay in the family, and she probably would have preferred that Bailey have it. But all he could think about was his beloved wife, Ellen.

Jack pointed the horse toward the small home in which Ellen had grown up. They had been childhood friends, and as they’d grown, they had fallen in love. They had been married for five years before she’d become pregnant with Bailey. Only hours after giving birth, Ellen had left him due to complications. He was thankful she was able to see her daughter, but he had lost his beloved wife too soon.

Jack slowed the horse as he neared the house that had remained abandoned since his wife had passed. They’d had plans to add onto the home that her parents had bequeathed to her. They were going to have four children, but that plan had ended when Ellen left him so unexpectedly.

Dismounting, Jack felt his throat tighten at the site of the small home. It was in need of a coat of paint; the shutters were hanging from a nail or two, and most of the clouded windows had been cracked or broken for years. It filled him with shame that he’d allowed the home his wife loved so dearly to fall into such disrepair.

Jack hung his head in silence for several minutes. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn’t talk to God anymore. He’d walked so far away from the faith that Ellen had shared with him since their youth; he didn’t even hear God anymore.

Jack travelled on foot, leading the horse toward the small family plot at the end of the dirt lane. Rows of grave markers carved out the names of his wife’s family line going back as far as one hundred years.

His gaze fell upon Ellen’s marker in the front row.

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