Bride Blunder by Kelly Eileen Hake

Author:Kelly Eileen Hake
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Family & Relationships/Marriage
ISBN: 9781607421405
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2008-12-31T17:00:00+00:00

Amos watched the mirth fade from her features and could have kicked himself for whatever he’d said to provoke the signs of sorrow that stretched soul deep.

Fool. The Reeds took her in—obviously she’s lost much. It was just too easy to forget that in the face of her vibrancy.

“What have you lost?” He wanted to step closer but sensed she’d see it as a violation. Instead, he held his ground.

“No less than anyone else.” Sadness sifted into wariness. She must have realized too much of her thoughts showed.

Amos found himself torn between wanting her to stop throwing up barriers and donning cheerful masks and hating to see any glimpse of suffering in this indomitable woman. “Most likely, you’ve lost more than many.”

“I do fancy myself to be exceptional, but in this case I’d gladly forfeit my status.” An impish grin told him she’d recovered from whatever regrets tugged at her heart moments before. “Seems I’m doomed to lose many things.”

“Such as?” He followed the prompt of her exaggerated sigh.

“Push buttons. I lose track of time when I’m enjoying myself. My temper, when I’m not.” The grin grew shrewd. “But most of all, it seems I can’t keep hold of my patience.”

He burst out laughing at her display of wit. “So now we’ve come down to it—the reason for your unscheduled visit to the schoolhouse site?”

“You dance well, but I lack grace. Mr. Geer, you know full well why I’ve come here today.”

“Ran out of the last drop of your limited supply of patience but have a surplus of curiosity?” Amos hazarded a guess and was rewarded with her grudging nod. “You held out longer than I’d anticipated.”

“What? I wasn’t holding anything.”

It was almost too easy, but he couldn’t resist prodding her. While she’d been refusing to come ask him what he’d spoken with her family about, he’d cooled his heels waiting on her pride. He raised his brows in a credible imitation of surprise. “Then you’ve lost more than your patience. What were those other things you listed—track of time? Must be the reason you’ve dawdled so long before coming to talk to me.”

“Dawdled?” Scathing tones made the echo blister, but she hushed and didn’t continue with whatever she’d almost set loose. Which, of course, made it all the more interesting.

Luckily, Amos knew well and good what she’d been up to for the past five days. Midge Collins didn’t dawdle. She asked, interrogated, wheedled, and downright demanded information, but she’d kept busy trying to ferret out information for the entire week. Amos knew, because he’d kept himself entertained watching her venture all over town trying to run her family members into the ground. Apparently none of them had broken their promise not to reveal what he’d asked. Doreen even went so far as to commend his strategy.

“Your family wouldn’t explain my request, I take it.”

“Not so much as a peep.” This was the closest thing to an admission of trying to discover what he’d said to them that Midge was likely to make.

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