Amish Weddings by Leslie Gould

Author:Leslie Gould
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Amish—Fiction;Mate selection—Fiction;Lancaster County (Pa.)—Fiction;Christian fiction;Love stories;FIC053000;FIC042040;FIC042000
ISBN: 9781441269331
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2016-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

When Lila awoke, two plastic crates were stacked by the front door, and the house was still. And there was no scent of bread baking or soup simmering. Perhaps Rose was doing some outside chores. Lila shifted in the chair and went back to sleep.

The next time Lila awoke, the sun was low. “Rose?” she called out, reaching for her crutches. She hadn’t realized how tired she’d been.

No one answered. She called out again.

Finally her sister came into the room. “Have you started supper?” Lila asked.

“No,” her sister said. “I thought Beth might have an idea.”

Lila shook her head. “She’s taught all day, and she still has to clean her cottage. You need to cook supper.”

Rose’s eyes grew teary. Lila ignored her sister. She didn’t have patience for her drama.

“Are you picking up Trudy?”

Rose shook her head. “She’s waiting at school and coming home with Beth.” She swiped at her eyes. “You’re right. I need to make supper. I’ll get started now.”

Lila braced herself with the crutches, pulled up to a standing position, and made her way to the hallway and the bedroom she shared with Rose and Trudy. Her bed, the one Rose had most likely been sleeping in, wasn’t made. It would have been thoughtful of Rose to put clean sheets on it. Perhaps she still planned to.

Lila shuffled back and forth between the boxes by the front door and the bedroom, tucking nightclothes and toiletries under her arm to transport them. After a few trips she stopped. She’d wait and ask Rose to carry the boxes in.

By the time Trudy and Beth arrived home, Rose had a pot of stew simmering on the stove and biscuits baking in the oven. Beth greeted everyone warmly and then said she’d go out and help Dat finish up with the milking.

When they all came in the house a half hour later, Zane was with them. “We got off work early,” he said. “A building permit didn’t come through.”

Lila appreciated him helping Dat.

Beth was all smiles as she asked Zane to stay for supper and then headed down the hall to wash up. Trudy finished setting the table and started filling the glasses with water without being told. By the time they sat down at the table, Lila felt weary but grateful. The house felt alive again. Rose still seemed down in the dumps, but the atmosphere had changed.

After Dat led them in prayer, Beth said she had an announcement to make. “It seems the board has found a teacher to take my place after Christmas vacation.”

Lila was surprised. She’d assumed Beth would keep teaching.

“Wunderbar,” Dat said. “That is good news.”

“Who is it?” Trudy asked.

“A niece of Monika’s,” Beth replied. “She lives in the next district over. She’s nineteen and has been hoping for a teaching position.”

“All the scholars will be sad to see you go,” Trudy said.

“And I’ll be sad too,” Beth answered. “But I have a husband to take care of. And a home. And daughters.” She looked straight at Trudy.

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