Healing Grace (9781621362982) by Shriver Beth

Author:Shriver, Beth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook, book
ISBN: 9781621362982
Publisher: Charisma Media
Published: 2013-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

THE WATER LEVEL continued to rise overnight. The men worked to protect their farms until they were exhausted, and then they slept for a short period. The women didn’t rest either, gathering their families together and working to keep everyone safe and fed. The dark clouds didn’t let up, setting the mood that was thick as the mud they trudged through. The worst of it was there was no sign of Henry.

Nearly everyone spent the night in the schoolhouse or at the Bylers’ store. When they ran out of room, the men slept in chairs and the children in their mothers’ arms. Abby hardly slept. Every time one of the men came in, she hoped it was Mose, but he never came. When she woke up the next morning and asked around, no one could tell her where he was.

Abby sat down on the floor next to Esther. “I haven’t heard anything about Mose. I’m starting to worry.”

Esther began to stir at the sound of Abby’s voice. “Every woman here is worried for their own. He’ll show up.”

“You don’t know that for sure.” Abby caught the pessimism in her words and changed her way of thinking. “I hope you’re right.”

Esther sat up against a wall. The schoolhouse wasn’t completely finished, but the windows were in and the wood floors were down, and it was empty, so it had turned out to be a good place for shelter for those who needed it. “Any word yet on Henry?”

Abby shook her head. “I asked when I was looking for Mose.” Although she didn’t know Henry well, she felt a pain in her heart for him and his family. “Do you think they’ll find him?”

Esther shook her head. “I think it’s his family that needs to be tended to about now.”

Coming from Esther, Abby took it as truth. She was one of the most positive people Abby had met, and if she felt it was time to let go, then it was probably true. “Are they here?” Abby glanced around the large room. Most had been up before the sun, and everyone except sleepy children were preparing for the day.

“They wouldn’t leave their haus unless it was flooded. The fact that they’re here is a gut sign, considering they were one of the farms closest to the river.” Esther and Abby both stood.

Abby adjusted her dress and then looked to see a string of Amish walk in. She didn’t know everyone in the community, but there wasn’t a familiar face in this group of women.

“They’re the Amish group from the other side of Beeville. They’ve come to help.” Esther looked out the window with Abby to see the men shaking hands and talking.

“They weren’t affected by the flood?” Abby questioned as she looked outside to see the men join together in a wagon and head in the direction of Henry’s place.

“Jah, but they’re not as close to the river, so they weren’t hit as hard.” Esther’s voice wavered as the women came over to introduce themselves.

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