Ben by Lee Wardlow

Author:Lee Wardlow [Wardlow, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Disa was bathing Asia while I cooked dinner when my brothers AJ and Heath arrived. I wasn’t surprised that they walked through the door without knocking, startling me. I was surprised that they were here on a Sunday night at seven o’clock when they both had to get up at five a.m. for work the next morning.

AJ peeked into the pot I had on the stove. I was making homemade chili. He started to dip his finger into the thick, meaty chili and I slapped his hand away. “Get a spoon.”

He grumbled at me but reached into the drawer and pulled out a spoon. AJ dug out a heaping spoon of my chili and stuck it in his mouth. He moaned as the flavors tickled his tongue. “I love your chili. Can we stay?” He begged.

“Of course, you can,” Disa said. She entered the kitchen carrying a freshly bathed Asia. My baby was snuggled in her arms.

“I’ll take her,” Heath said when Disa started to pass by him with Asia. She backtracked a few steps and handed off my daughter to my brother then she came to me. Disa wrapped her arm around my waist and laid her cheek against my bicep. I kissed the top of her head and went back to stirring my chili.

“So, tell me what happened this afternoon,” AJ said.

“At the park?” I asked.

He nodded. I wasn’t sure why he was so interested in what had happened in the park, but I told him all the details of running into Elder Ron. AJ glanced over his shoulder at Heath who didn’t appear to be listening, but I had the feeling Heath had missed nothing about what I had said.

“Disa, do you think he’s been keeping an eye on you since you left the compound?” Heath asked without taking his eyes off my daughter.

She nodded at Heath not that he was looking at her. He was focused on Asia. “I’m pretty sure that the few times I ran into him at various places in town, it wasn’t an accident. He never spoke to me until today when I was with Ben. I think curiosity got the better of him. The congregation wouldn’t be happy with Elder Ron for speaking to me.” She swallowed. “As I walked out of the compound, they turned their backs on me.” Her eyes met mine. “Literally, every member, including the small children. It’s a devastating feeling when people you have known your whole life let you know they know longer care if you are dead or alive.”

I stopped stirring and glanced over my shoulder at Disa. Not that we were talking much until recently but what she had told me about this man hadn’t led me to believe she thought he was a stalker.

“I didn’t want you to worry,” she said reading the question in my eyes.

“Should I be worried?” I asked.

“Yes,” she replied. “I had more reasons for not wanting to marry Elder Ron than his age. Ben, he’s sadistic. That’s why I need to check on Merci.

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