Amish Heart and Soul by Rachel Stoltzfus

Author:Rachel Stoltzfus
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Global Grafx Press
Published: 2017-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

Over the next several weeks, Wayne continued exercising strong control over his reactions and emotions. He didn’t want Lizzie, Leora or any of the elders seeing what was going on his mind. Because the memories and insidious whispers had returned full-force and he was unable to stop them—or, he was unwilling to make them stop. Wayne had also returned to monitoring Lizzie’s comings and goings, timing her when she left the house and came back. He had even begun to think about keeping track of the money she had in her wallet, just to make sure she wasn’t stashing funds without letting him know.

Lizzie, meanwhile, was almost unaware of the lengths to which Wayne had begun to go as he tracked her whereabouts. She didn’t know that, on Saturdays, he trailed her and Leora to the shop, sitting in the diner across the street, just watching her. Nor was she aware that he was monitoring her spending. But she was aware that his attitude had changed. He was harder. She wasn’t able to feel the softer, loving side of his nature anymore. One day, as she was showing various quilts to an English tourist, she got a creepy feeling, like cold fingers brushing down the back of her neck. When she got that feeling at home, she began to wonder, looking around for Wayne.

***

The situation finally came to a frightening head one day when Wayne blocked Lizzie’s and Leora’s path out of the house as they tried to leave for the shop. “What are you going to do at work? After work?”

Lizzie froze, feeling her entire body slowing down and turning to sludge. Her voice refused to work at first. “W. . . Wayne, we’re going to work! So we can earn money for the bills! Then, come home, fix supper and get things done here! Leora, let’s go.” Coming back into her body, Lizzie grabbed Leora’s arm and turned her physically so they could run headlong out the back door.

His point made, Wayne stood sentry at the front door, just watching them drive fast out of the yard. His eyes mirrored his torture as the memories taunted him. Then. . .

“Wayne, what did you just do? You accused your own wife of plotting to hurt you and leave you when, in actuality, she has been working hard to keep your family and home from being taken away by the bank. You owe her a huge apology. She is plotting nothing!”

Hearing these soft words from Gott, Wayne fell to his knees, sobbing hard. He knew he had messed up in a major way.

On the way to work, Lizzie gave the reins to Leora so she could get her sobbing and tears back under control. “I’m sorry daughter.”

“Mamm, if you need to, you and I can go stay with the Yoders. Jethro offered, just in case.”

Lizzie was quiet for a few minutes, just thinking things through. Her silence also allowed her to get her emotions back under control. Sighing, she nodded.

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