By His Hand: Truly Yours Digital Edition by Johnson Jennifer

Author:Johnson, Jennifer [Johnson, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2011-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

ten

Placing her hand in the small of her back, Victoria sat up and leaned as far back as her body would allow. The sun had risen to its peak and beat down heavier on her and the garden. She wiped beads of sweat from her brow. I don’t think I’ve ever worked this hard in my life.

Since it was a Saturday, Victoria had gotten off work at noon, and Sondra had dropped her off at Chris’s so she could spend more time with Abby. She couldn’t deny that cleaning the kitchen and Abby’s room on her previous visit had been nothing short of a blast. Abby had a wonderful, sweet spirit and a quick sense of humor. Victoria didn’t understand why Abby and Chris had so many battles.

“Uh, I think that was a plant.” Abby pointed at the leafy object in Victoria’s gloved hand.

Victoria furrowed her eyebrows. “I thought it was poison ivy.”

Abby covered her mouth with a dirt-caked hand. The black gunk had found a home beneath each of her fingernails as well as staining the creases of her fingers. Victoria frowned and wondered why the teen had insisted on attacking the garden barehanded.

Abby giggled. “That’s a green pepper plant.”

“What?”

“You know. You can eat them raw or cut them up and cook them in meatloaf or chili. Some people even make stuffed green peppers.”

Victoria swatted the air. “I know what they are. I just thought this looked like a poison ivy plant. Don’t poison ivy stems have three pointy leaves?”

Abby nodded. “Yes, but that looks nothing like poison ivy. It’s a green pepper plant.” Abby smiled and pointed to the cushy-looking plant that Victoria had been unsure of what to do with. “You pulled the green pepper plant and left that?”

“I didn’t know what to do with that. It looks so soft and fluffy. I thought it might be some sort of vegetation.”

“It’s a sticker weed.”

“A sticker weed?”

“Yeah, at least that’s what I call ’em. You know, it’s real prickly like a porcupine.”

“I suppose I should pull it.”

Abby giggled again and nodded her head.

Embarrassed, Victoria grabbed the weed with all her strength and pulled. It didn’t move. She was supposed to be the one teaching Abby about becoming a lady and yet she was humiliating herself with her total ineptness at gardening. She yanked on the weed again. The thing seemed determined to stay in the ground, so Victoria pulled a little harder. It still didn’t budge. This thing has a mind of its own. Grabbing one piece of it, Victoria yanked until some of it came up. She’d just have to get it a little at a time.

“I kept my room clean. Kitchen, too.”

Victoria looked up. A strand of hair fell into her eyes, and she swiped it away with the back of her wrist. “That’s great.”

“Chris was real happy about it. Said if I could keep it up, he’d give me more privileges.”

“That’s wonderful.”

“Yeah.” Abby pulled a small weed and threw it away from the garden. “But it’s kinda weird, ya know.

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