Keep a Little Secret by Dorothy Garlock

Author:Dorothy Garlock [Garlock, Dorothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
Published: 2010-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

TIRED FROM A LONG DAY at school, Charlotte trudged up the walk to the main house, the sun still high enough for its rays to warm her skin. The whole day had flummoxed her, with her thoughts swimming back to the kiss she had shared with Owen the night before, and she’d had a hard time focusing on her students. Minutes felt as if they were hours, Paige Spratt was even more annoying than usual, and Charlotte wondered if Owen would be the one to come drive her and Hannah home; she was greatly disappointed when he was not.

Charlotte had just entered the front door when Amelia Grant approached her, absently wiping one hand on her worn apron, an envelope clutched in the other.

“John picked this up at the post office when he went into town.” She smiled warmly, placing the letter into Charlotte’s hands. “I was certain that you’d want to have it as soon as you got home.”

Even if she hadn’t seen the postmark, Charlotte would have known who had sent it by the slant of the handwriting; Christina had written to her.

“It’s from my sister.” She beamed.

“Go on up and enjoy your letter.”

“Thank you, Amelia!” Charlotte shouted over her shoulder as she dashed up the staircase to her room two steps at a time, her earlier fatigue and confusion utterly forgotten.

She opened the door to her bedroom, banged it behind her harder than intended, and dropped down onto the foot of the bed. Tearing open the envelope and unfolding the letter, several pages in length, she smiled at the sight of Christina’s familiar script.

My dearest Charlotte,

Since you’ve been in Oklahoma for a little while, I thought that you might like to get a letter from your sister! We were all so happy to hear that you had arrived safely, but if I’m being honest, I’m pretty lonely here without you… don’t tell Mom!

Life in Carlson hasn’t changed much since you’ve gone, but then it never changed much when you were here, did it? I’ve spent a lot of time walking in the woods around Lake Washington, like we used to do when I wasn’t waist-high to you. While I’m having a good time, I doubt it’s as exciting as the adventures you’re having!

Everyone here is the same… Mom was pretty sad after you left, I even found her crying in her room one afternoon, but she’s better now… Dad kept telling her that every Tucker left home at one time or another, just like he did, but that might have made it worse. Grandmother had a bit of a trouble with dizziness, but now she’s better and having her friends over for cards like nothing ever happened… you know how she is!

Enough about us, how are you? I can’t tell you how proud I am that you’re a teacher and that you’ve set out to have a life of your own! Every day, you’ll be meeting new people and doing things that you’ve never done before.

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