Colorado Courtship by Cheryl St. John & Debra Ullrick

Author:Cheryl St. John & Debra Ullrick
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational / Christian
ISBN: 9780373829484
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-01-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

“Precious!” Aunt Minnie’s voice broke through the howling wind’s barrier as it buffeted the outside of the house.

Sunny’s attention yanked from Jedidiah to Aunt Minnie. At fifty-one years old her aunt didn’t look a day over thirty. Not one gray hair anywhere in those buttercup tresses. In fact the only gray thing on her aunt was her deep-set eyes. “Aunt Minnie, I sure have missed you.” Sunny gave her aunt a big hug.

“It’s so nice to see you again. It feels like it’s been forever since I saw you last. August 29, to be exact.” She looped their arms and all but dragged Sunny into their living room, which was twice the size of the one at her family’s ranch house.

“I wish I could’ve come more often, but with Pa sick, I didn’t want to leave him alone.”

“We meant to get up there to your place, too, but it just seems like time’s gotten away from us lately.”

“I know what you mean.” They both smiled.

Heat from the open rock fireplace drifted around Sunny. Worn out from her long day of travel, all she wanted to do was sit, remove her boots and stick her feet as close those hot flames as possible without catching her woolen stockings on fire. Her toes were close to being numb, same as the rest of her body.

“Sit here, precious.” Her aunt scooted one of the four rocking chairs in front of the fireplace closer to the roaring blaze. “Take off them wet boots so your feet can warm up. I’ll go get you something hot to drink.” Before Sunny could object to being waited on, Aunt Minnie was halfway into the kitchen.

She turned and stared at the flames. Their dancing settled her nerves, and she gave a short prayer of thanks that God had seen her safely through the blizzard.

“Jed, you get on over there, too. I’ll bring you and Sunny something warm to sip. Dinner’s on the stove. As soon as your uncle gets in here, we’ll eat.”

Sunny shifted in her chair, wanting to see their faces instead of having her back to them. The other way just somehow seemed rude.

“Where’s he at?” Wrinkles lined Jedidiah’s handsome face.

“He went to the woodshed to get more wood. I think he’s afraid we’ll get snowed in and not have enough. You know how he is.” Her aunt sighed.

Sunny glanced at the overflowing wood box.

“I’ll go help him.” Jedidiah turned and headed toward the back door.

“Oh, no, you don’t.” Aunt Minnie grabbed him by the shoulders and gave him a light shove toward the fire. “You just get your hide right over there and sit yourself down.”

Uncertainty tumbled across his face like an uprooted sagebrush in a windstorm.

“Go on now. Do as I say.” She pushed him in Sunny’s direction again.

Their eyes connected and he lifted one shoulder.

Sunny shrugged back at him. She faced the fireplace and tugged on the strings holding the legs of her split skirt closed.

Jedidiah pulled one of the rockers closer to the fire and sat down next to her.

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