Apple of His Eye by Kelly Caldwell

Author:Kelly Caldwell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charisma House
Published: 2016-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

I WANT TO KNOW what there is to this rumor about you and John Miller.” Letty’s voice trembled a bit, and Tabitha glanced with sympathy at her best friend. She knew that Letty was thinking she’d kept things from her, and that hurt, especially since they’d shared so much over the years. Tabitha longed to tell her the truth but couldn’t bring the words out of her mouth.

They were outside together in the chicken pen, feeding the birds—the Leghorns, Anconas, and Minorcas, all of which fought and pecked for the handfuls of grain and grit. Letty had come over for the express purpose of speaking her mind—Tabitha recognized the rare set look on her friend’s sweetly rounded face, and she didn’t know if she was prepared to face that quiet confrontation. She’d told Letty everything for as long as she could remember, and to change that now seemed foreign and uncomfortable.

Tabitha sighed aloud over the noise of the hungry clucking. “Letty, I didn’t mean to hurt you. In fact, it all happened so suddenly that—well, it’s hardly been a day, and I—”

“What about Rob?” Letty interrupted, her voice sober and confused. “How have you told him?”

“I—haven’t.”

“Ach, but don’t you think that he deserves to know and understand before he comes home to his best friend . . . and you. I don’t understand, Tabby.”

Tabitha was about to try and explain when Onkel Fram came stomping past the coop area.

“Your friend had best head out,” the old man snapped, pausing outside the wire. “It’ll be time to cook lunch soon, and I’ll be quite hungry.”

Tabitha longed to roll her eyes. Did the man think of nothing but food? “Letty only arrived a few minutes ago, Onkel Fram.”

“Now don’t you try your fussin’ on me, girl. It might work with Lizzie, but I’ll not have it. Besides, you already had your courting fellow by this morning, and you don’t need to be discussing it with your friend here. Now, kumme.”

Tabitha longed to sink into the ground at her uncle’s revelation of John’s early morning visit.

Letty turned to her in disbelief. “John was here already this morning? You—you must be moving fast together. I feel as though I don’t know you anymore, Tabby. I—I guess I’d better geh.” Letty dropped the feed pan, and Tabitha heard her soft sob as she struggled with the wire latch.

“Letty,” Tabitha cried, ignoring Onkel Fram. “Sei se gut, wait. I’ll explain.”

But Letty had managed to open the gate and fled across the yard to her buggy, leaving Tabitha standing with tears in her own eyes.

She heard Onkel Fram clear his throat. “So . . . what’ll we be having for lunch?”

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