Hyacinth (Suitors of Seattle) by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2014-05-24T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Find a gift for your woman that you think she will enjoy a great deal. If you put great thought into the gift, it will mean a lot more to her. Not every woman is interested in jewelry or chocolate (although most are.) Find something that she will like or better yet, make something for her. Women love handmade gifts instead of store bought. They find them a great deal more special. William Livingston, Advice Column to Lonely Men published in The Seattle Times, January fifth, 1897.

When Lawrence read the article in The Seattle Times on Tuesday morning, he was immediately stricken. He didn't know how to make anything for a woman. What could he possibly do for Hyacinth that would be good enough?

After much thought and wandering around the mercantile, he decided to give her a special gift he'd ordered for himself. After all, he could always just order another.

He climbed up onto his buggy seat and put the package he'd received just that morning onto the seat beside him. She'd be home with her mother, and he'd take it over, and she would then love him forever, right? After all, what woman didn't want to receive such a special gift from the man who was courting her?

Lawrence drove through the busy streets of downtown Seattle toward the Sullivan home, knowing Hyacinth would be home on a Tuesday morning. He debated about inviting her to eat lunch with him, but he knew she liked to spend the days with her mother on Tuesdays, and he seemed to interfere most weeks. Instead, when he knocked on the door, and she answered, he said, "Do you have a few minutes free? I bought you a gift, and I want you to see it."

Hyacinth felt her heart rate speed up in her chest. He bought her a gift? Was it a ring? What would she say if it was? She knew she was rapidly falling in love with him, but she was afraid of how strange he became every Tuesday. He reminded her of Robert Lewis Stevenson's book, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Of course, Lawrence was never as bad as Mr. Hyde...he was just strange.

She sucked in a breath. It was Tuesday. He was probably going to give her a live rat or something.

When they got to the buggy, he picked up a large package from the seat and handed it to her. She looked at it for a moment, wondering what on earth it could be. It was heavy. Much heavier than a ring. She couldn't decide if she was pleased or disappointed by that. "Do you want me to open it here?" she asked. Did she want to be alone with him when she opened it?

He thought about that for a moment. "Why don't we go inside where your mother can watch you open it?"

He held the door for her as she carried it inside, and she couldn't help wondering why he didn't just carry it for her.

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