Claiming Mariah by Pam Hillman

Author:Pam Hillman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Historical
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2012-12-14T05:00:00+00:00

Mariah welcomed Sally’s help in the kitchen but craved the chatter even more. She could depend on Sally to lighten anybody’s mood with her cheerful attitude.

“How are you feeling these days?” With Sally’s slightly rounded frame, it would be a while before most people noticed that she was in the family way.

Sally placed one hand over her stomach and smiled. “Better. The morning sickness is waning.”

“Glad to hear it.” Mariah took the plates out of the pie safe and started setting the table. “I’ve heard it lasts for several months with some women.”

“It does. You remember Emily Baxter? She had her second child, a boy, a couple of months ago, and she told me that she stayed sick the entire time.”

Mariah shuddered. “It’s a good thing I’m not married or expecting. Being sick for nine months doesn’t sound appealing at all.”

“Oh, but there’s so much more to it than being sick, Mariah. Just think. In a few months, I’ll hold my very own baby in my arms. If it’s a boy, he might have George’s hair and eyes.” A dreamy look stole over Sally’s face.

Mariah smiled. She wouldn’t exactly wish Reverend Winston’s features on any child, but she wouldn’t tell Sally that. When the middle-aged, widowed Reverend George Winston had accepted the pastorate in Wisdom seven years ago, it had never occurred to her that her best friend would end up married to the preacher. But anybody with a lick of sense could tell they were happy. And that’s what mattered.

“If you say so.”

“Just wait and see. When you fall in love and get married, you’ll long to have children of your own, children who will be the spitting image of their father.” Sally hugged her. “Trust me on this one.”

Mariah turned away to hide the blush staining her cheeks as images of little dark-haired, blue-eyed babies danced in her imagination.

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