Charleston's Daughter (The Low Country Series Book 1) by Sabra Waldfogel

Author:Sabra Waldfogel [Waldfogel, Sabra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sabra Waldfogel
Published: 2019-04-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10: Freedom Is Sweeter

Caro let her sewing fall into her lap. Days later, she could still feel the ghost of Danny’s kiss. She raised her fingers to her lips, as though she could capture it.

Sophy stood at the table, kneading biscuit dough. “Since you come back from the festival, you act moonstruck.”

“It’s nothing, Sophy,” she fibbed, hastily picking up the shirt.

“Is it that boy Danny?”

Before she could deny it, the bell on the gate jangled. Sophy said, “For you, since you have as many callers as any lady.”

Sophy brought Danny into the kitchen. He blushed when he saw her and stammered, “I was at the post office, and it’s so close that I stopped along the way.”

Caro recalled the warmth she had felt when he held her at the festival, and the color rose in her face, too. Sophy said to him, “Set down. I got coffee, if you want some.”

He sat so slowly and so awkwardly that Sophy said, “You moonstruck, too. Hah!” He blushed an even deeper red as she handed him the cup.

Caro wanted to reach for his hand. She wanted to put her arms around his neck and tangle her fingers in the curls that grew there. She wanted to pull him close and kiss him again. Instead she sat in silence, blushing, as he did. Dumbstruck.

He drank a few dutiful sips, and said, “Miss Sophy, I’m making some deliveries for my uncle. May Caro walk with me?”

“I don’t mind. Her mama, that a different story.”

Caro said, “I don’t want to bother her. She’s not feeling well.”

Sophy asked, “Her cough bad again?”

“She says she’s too tired to get out of bed.” Her mother had been sick like this before. When she lost her last baby, she had stayed in bed for weeks. Caro pushed the thought of her mother’s health from her mind.

Sophy said, “You leave Caro time to do her work. She walk through the city on your uncle’s business, that don’t earn her keep.”

Danny said gravely, “I won’t keep her long, Miss Sophy. I promise.” He rose and reached for her hand. Caro smiled at the feeling of his fingers curled around hers.

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