Clothed in Thunder (In the Shadow of the Cedar Book 2) by Sheila Hollinghead

Author:Sheila Hollinghead [Hollinghead, Sheila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical, wholesome, clean, historical romance, clean romance
Publisher: Sheila Hollinghead
Published: 2012-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21—Telling Momma

Uncle Colt took me into town on the wagon and dropped me off at a house that had been divided in half to make two apartments. Momma’s was the one on the right, Uncle Colt had told me.

I headed up the wooden steps. I barely knocked when Zeke opened the door and threw his arms around me.

The apartment consisted of a large front room, two small bedrooms, and a tiny kitchen. Zeke ran around the small space, showing me every inch. A backdoor led from the kitchen to a porch area. A bathroom had been built on one end of the porch to be shared by both apartments.

Momma smiled, her eyes shining. She ushered me to a couch in the front room. Zeke climbed up beside me while Momma settled into the rocking chair, the one from our old house. The one she rocked so hard whenever she became upset. Now, the rockers simply bumped the floor gently.

Momma scrutinized me. “You’ve changed,” she said.

She was right. I had. I nodded my head.

She smiled. “I’ve got a job, Sarah Jane.”

“That’s good. Where at?”

“I’m working at the ten cent store up the street. It’s an easy walk from here.”

“That’s good, Momma.”

She kept watching me closely. “I want you and Zeke to come live with me. You could help out, Sarah Jane. Someone needs to watch Zeke while I work. When he starts to school in the fall, someone will need to take him and pick him up.”

I squirmed uneasily. “Momma. . .” I looked at Zeke. I needed to talk to him first before I told her. “Momma, Zeke hasn’t shown me the backyard.”

Zeke leaped from the couch. “Come on, Jay.”

Momma stay seated, and I allowed Zeke to lead me into the yard.

A young boy who appeared to be about his age dug into the dirt by the house with an old spoon.

He peered up at us. “Hi, Zeke.”

“Hey, Lamar! This is my sister, Jay.” Zeke grinned, glancing from his new friend to me. “Lamar lives next door.”

The young boy held up a wiggling worm. “I’m getting us some bait for fishing.”

“I’ll help you,” Zeke said, about to fall to his knees to dig in the dark dirt.

I lifted him by his elbow. “Wait, Zeke. I wanted to talk to you first.”

Zeke looked at me in dismay. “Now?”

“Yes, now.” I wanted to get this over with as soon as possible.

“All right. I’ll be back, Lamar,” he promised. We walked around the corner of the house to a side yard. An oak tree shaded a small bench, and we sat down.

“Zeke, do you want to live here?” I waited for his response although I already knew what it would be.

A smile spread over his face. “Yes! Lamar told me his big brother is gonna take us fishing.” He tilted his head and looked at me, frowning slightly. “If we get enough worms.” He squirmed, and I knew he would blame me if they didn’t.

I nodded. “It sounds like you’ll have a lot of fun living here.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.