Ellie's Redemption by Molly Jebber

Author:Molly Jebber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Ellie swept dirt off the bakery floor, which the customers had tracked in on their shoes Wednesday morning. The door swung open, and she leaned the broom against the wall. Magdelena’s mamm and little schweschder, Charity. The woman mirrored Magdelena’s beauty. The two could be schweschders rather than mamm and dochder. Charity skipped to the display. She had a round face, and freckles decorated her nose and cheeks. She was adorable but didn’t resemble her mamm or Magdelena.

“Good morning. Are you after anything special?”

Charity pressed her little nose to the glass. “How about some ginger cookies!”

Ellie reached for one. “You can have one now, if it’s all right with your mamm.”

“You’re too kind, Ellie. Jah, you can have one, Charity.”

Ellie came around the counter and passed the cookie to the sweet little girl. “There you go.”

Charity gave Ellie a shy smile. “Danki.” She held it in her pudgy fingers. “Your friend came to our haus last night. He says he’s friends with Peter too.”

Ellie cocked her head. “You’ve got me curious. Which of my friends visited you?”

Mrs. Beachy perused the counter. “Joel Wenger. Magdelena invited him. He’s such a kind man. We had an enjoyable time with him and his parents.”

“Jah, he is an exceptional man.” Ellie rounded the corner and stood behind the counter. She pressed a hand to her tense stomach.

“Is Peter here?” Charity brushed crumbs from her upper lip.

“He’s in school, but I’ll tell him you asked about him.”

She swayed from side to side and glanced at Ellie with a grin. “I like Peter. I get to go to school next year.”

Ellie fought to not chuckle. “You’ll enjoy it. Peter does.”

“Maybe Peter and I can both be Joel’s friends. My schweschder smiled a lot at Joel last night. I hope Joel kummes to our haus lots. Maybe he can bring Peter sometime.”

Mrs. Beachy made her selections and paid Ellie for them. “Danki, Ellie. I can’t wait to try all these delicious desserts. We love kumming here. The aroma alone is worth the visit.”

Ellie waved to them and waited until the door closed. She leaned against the wall and gulped a breath. Joel had gone to Magdelena’s. So much for taking time to heal. He must’ve shut the door on them for good. She had held out hope he’d miss her and find it easier to forgive and trust her again. He’d already moved on. Would this ache ever go away? Would she ever open her heart to another man? Right now, she doubted it. The door opened, and she straightened and forced a smile. “Esther and Peter, what a nice surprise!”

Peter ran to her and hugged her waist. “I don’t have school today. Miss Mast sent us all home about an hour after we got there. She didn’t look so good. She kept holding her stomach and running outside. Daed took me to Esther’s because he promised the neighbor he’d help dig a new well.”

Esther kissed Ellie’s cheek. “We thought we’d drop in and get some of Liza’s molasses cookies.

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