Christmas Grace by Mindy Steele

Author:Mindy Steele
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Amish Romance;Christian Romance;Contemporary Romance;Christmas Romance;Women's Fiction;Small Town & Rural Fiction;Friendship Fiction;Mindy Steele;Christmas Grace;Entangled Publishing;Amara;Mass Market Paperback Romance;Clean Romance;Sweet Romance;Second Chance Romance;Holiday Romance;Walnut Ridge Kentucky;Amish Community;Blacksmith;Secret Pregnancy Romance;Heartwarming Romance;Next Door Neighbor Romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2021-06-27T22:52:29+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Riding in the car with Elli, Grace was glad to leave the closed-in walls of the shack today, still tainted by Freeman’s unexpected visit. Forty degrees with sunshine felt like a whole new world after being inside for days. Sitting alone, sewing newborn gowns and pondering Freeman’s harsh words, what would be a better distraction than a day spent in the company of Elli and the women she had come to know and care for?

Quilting bees at home were full of focus and skill, but she had a feeling that the ladies of Walnut Ridge would be the fellowship she could use right now. “Best cure for the cabin fever is sunshine and friends.” Elli bumped her shoulder and tossed her a smile.

The driver, an older woman Elli knew, fairly well by the way they teased each other, pulled into the drive and put the car in park. Elli tossed the woman a ten-dollar bill as Grace exited the car.

Three buggies sat outside Betty Glick’s home. The door opened, and Grace was met with the scent of fresh bread and peppermint. In the kitchen, Grace found the source of the aromas. Betty’s candy-making skills put anything created in her family home to shame. Christmas preparations had begun.

Grace popped a chocolate-coated patty into her mouth and let the minty flavors wash over her. After three days of an upset stomach, the peppermint was undoubtedly the best medicine, and hopefully the rest of the day would be the best cure for what ailed her.

“Look at you, my dear. You are glowing.” Betty squeezed her shoulders.

Grace beamed. Betty was a ray of sunshine on any darkened day. The women doting over her recent growth made her feel almost happy. The house stirred with activity, and she watched busy bodies ready the quilting supplies. Hannah and Betty collected threads and needles, while she and her aenti spread the quilt over the kitchen table. Once everything was in its place, Grace found a seat and studied the pattern in front of her. Swirls had been quilted already and she had only to continue what another had started. That was easy enough. Even she couldn’t mess that up.

“This will be gut for ya.” Aenti Tess set a cup of tea down next to her and walked back to her seat at the large table. Since their last conversation her aenti seemed more pleasant to be around.

“I took out another dress for you,” Betty interrupted her thinking.

“You are spoiling me, Betty. I can tend to such myself,” Grace said. Though it was a job best suited for Charity, since she sewed the finest according to their mutter, but Grace had learned the skill as well.

“Don’t discourage Betty, dear. I for one know all about her spoils. Want them or not she has a gift of knowing what we need and when we need it. Be thankful,” Elli added and passed a smile across the table to her dearest friend.

“We hear Freeman Hilty has become rather enamored with you.

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