Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble

Author:Colleen Coble [Coble, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Book, ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc.
Published: 2012-01-19T06:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

Meeting you is cause for celebration,” Aunt Sally said. “Shall we celebrate by going to Emma’s for lunch?”

Lucy hated to think they would spend money on her when they could use it themselves. “How about we fix lunch together here, then go for a walk and see the flowers?”

Relief settled over her aunt’s face. “Splendid idea. Fanny made some vegetable soup this morning, and I’m sure it’s ready by now.”

“I like soup.” Eileen was sitting on the floor serving pretend tea to a china doll Fanny had gotten out for her.

“The bread is still warm,” Fanny said, rising from the sofa.

“Let me help you.”

“I’ll let you two girls do the cooking while I get to know Eileen better,” Aunt Sally said.

Lucy followed her cousin into the tiny kitchen dominated by a massive woodstove. The soup bubbled in a kettle and filled the room with a delicious aroma. She stirred it with a spoon Fanny handed her. “Have you lived here all your life?” she asked Fanny.

Fanny began to cut thick slices of bread on a board. “Oh yes. In this same house.”

“And your father?”

“He went away a year ago. I still miss him most terribly. Mama says he’s watching out for us in heaven and finding us the best mansion.”

Lucy smiled. “I like the way you said he ‘went away.’ It reminds me that Mama and Dad aren’t gone forever. They’ve just gone on ahead. Do you have any brothers and sisters?”

“Just one brother. Mama said she wanted a houseful, but the Lord didn’t think she could handle that many. My brother, John, has a small ranch about five miles west. When Mama heard you were here, she told him to come to Sunday dinner and we’d try to get you here too.”

“I’d like that.” Nate would never agree to sit down to dinner with Uncle Drew. She would worry about that later. “Fanny, do you have a beau?”

Color stained Fanny’s cheeks. “Not really. I was engaged once, but he went away.”

“Y-You mean he went on to heaven too?”

Fanny shook her head. “Sorry, no, I mean he left town without a word. It’s been a year, and I still don’t know what happened to him. He didn’t leave a note or anything.” Her voice thickened, and she swiped her eye with a finger.

“I’m so sorry.”

Fanny cleared her throat. “It’s all right. I’m over him.”

Lucy doubted the truth of that statement, but she didn’t say anything more about the young man because her aunt came into the kitchen with a box in her hand. Eileen scampered behind her.

Her aunt’s smile was bright. “I knew I had this somewhere, but I didn’t say anything because I feared I’d have trouble finding it. This was your mother’s. It has some mementos and a photograph or two, I think. I thought you’d like to see them.”

“I’d love to see them!” Lucy wiped her hands on a towel and reached for the box.

“Sit here at the table. You may keep it, my dear.”

Lucy’s throat tightened. “Thank you, Aunt Sally.

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