Chapman Mail Order Brides by Kate Whitsby

Author:Kate Whitsby
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mail order bride, mail order bride romance, mail order bride western, mail order bride old west romance, mail order brides of the old west
Publisher: Gold Crown

Chapter Eight

Marion sat up in her chair the next day. Maggie enjoyed all her chores and duties so much more with Marion to talk to, especially because Marion praised her industry and ingenuity so highly. Maggie welcomed the change from their first days at the cabin, when Marion taught Maggie everything from cutting up meat to boiling water in a pot.

Melody joined them at the table for a while, but since she couldn’t—or wouldn’t—join the conversation, Maggie essentially ignored her. She went back to her bed before very long, leaving Marion and Maggie alone again.

Paul and Parker took a few extra days to recover. They first sat up in bed for short periods. Then they ventured as far as the table for meals before collapsing again.

Finally, Paul hauled himself out of his blankets and teetered to the cabin door. He leaned against the door frame. He bobbed his head to Maggie. “I thank you for your hospitality, but I’m going back to the barn.”

“Do you feel well enough to go about your business?” she asked.

“I’m still a little tipsy on my feet,” he admitted. “but I’m too good to be sleepin’ in the cabin anymore. It ain’t right with you ladies around. You can have my bed back now.”

“No.” She shook her head. “I’ll let Marion sleep there. She needs to be in a bed more than I do. I’ll stay on the floor.”

“Suit yourself,” he barked, and stumbled across the yard to the corral.

Parker sat up in bed. “I suppose he’s right. I should go, too.”

“Don’t be foolish,” Maggie snapped. “None of you is well enough to go back to sleeping in the barn. It’s freezing cold out there at night. You could wind up just as sick as you were before, and then where would we be?”

“It’s not too cold up in the hay loft where we sleep.” Parker swung his legs over the side of the bed. He rested his feet on the floor for a minute and sighed. “I’m sure we won’t be back to work for a few more days. But for decency’s sake, we should move out of the house. You ladies need your privacy.”

“When do you think we’ll head to Boise?” Maggie asked.

Parker shook his head. “I really don’t know. None of us can travel the way we are now. We’ll just have to wait and see how long it takes us to fully recover. And anyway, we can’t go until Prescott has fully recovered. That’s likely to take a good while.”

“He has a long recovery ahead of him,” Maggie agreed. “That’s for sure.”

Parker stood up and lumbered to the door. “It’s all right. We can take the extra time to build up our winter food supply. We haven’t got much time left before the first snow, so it’s better we get as much meat laid in as we can before we go off to Boise.”

He let go of the door jamb, swayed once, and followed Paul out to the barn.

Later, Maggie saw

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