Elof's Mission (Grooms with Honor Book 9) by Linda K. Hubalek

Author:Linda K. Hubalek [Hubalek, Linda K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Butterfield Books Inc.
Published: 2018-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Why you cooking dinner? That’s your momma’s job,” Jamie looked perplexed looking up at the four tall Reagan brothers as they worked in the parsonage kitchen.

“And why’s that, young man?” Mack asked as he sliced a large roast and laid the thick slabs on a platter.

“Because that’s the way it’s supposed to be. That’s why my pa ordered a new wife. We needed someone to cook and clean for us,” Jamie shrugged his shoulders as if it was a fact they should all know.

Seth was slicing two loaves of bread on a cutting board on the side table, but he turned to look down at Jamie. “But mothers deserve help now and then for all they do for us. We boys have always put the Sunday dinner on the table since we were your age. Da and Ma are busy with the parishioners after church, so we get the meal on the table, so it’s ready to eat when our parents walk in the door.”

Elof leaned against the kitchen doorframe listening to the conversation. Jamie was getting restless, so they came over with the Reagan brothers after church while Linnea stayed with Kaitlyn to visit with the members of the congregation.

Jamie’s eyebrows and twisted jaw showed he was perplexed with this information. Probably conflicted with what his father had told him.

Cullen, who looked nothing like his brothers, was busy mashing a huge mound of potatoes. Elof hadn’t heard him talk much, probably because Mack and Tully always carried the conversation in the room.

Tully was much younger than the others, probably sixteen, or seventeen, and lived with Seth at the horse ranch. He’d already placed dishes of pickles, jelly, and butter on the table. Now he lifted a stack of plate’s off the wall shelf and turned to the group.

“What’s the count for today’s meal?”

“Us six plus Elof, Jamie and Linnea,” Mack answered. “Jamie, how many does that make?”

Jamie’s eyes grew round at Mack’s question but then darted to Cullen’s hands above Mack’s head. Cullen’s hands were held wide with one thumb down.

“Nine!”

“Very good, Jamie. You’ve been practicing your numbers,” Mack answered before turning back to his task.

Seth looked out the kitchen window and back to Tully. “Make it ten. Adolph Bjorklund is walking this way with Linnea.”

“Ma’s playing matchmaker!” Tully said in a singsong way.

What? Elof fought the urge to look out the window to confirm it.

“Don’t T A L K about that in front of the B O Y,” Mack warned his little brother.

“Man, I hated when you used to do that to me,” Tully whined.

“Why, because you still can’t spell?” Seth countered. He turned to Elof to explain. “We older boys used to spell out parts of our conversations when Tully was little, so he couldn’t understand us.”

Elof missed out not having brothers to grow up with. These four were still close as adults. He glanced at Jamie now putting silverware around the plates Tully had placed around the table. Would Linnea want more children so Jamie

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