Lavender Blue: A Time Travel Romance (Lavender, Texas Series) by Bartholomew Barbara

Author:Bartholomew, Barbara [Bartholomew, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-08-13T23:00:00+00:00

Eddie stayed as long as she could, torn between her two worlds, but finally she could bear the absence from her husband no longer and set next Monday as the date she must return.

It was late summer in Lavender with all the lush beauty of that season and the two young women trailed behind the rest of the family as they returned from the school auditorium where they had presented conjoined performances for the benefit of their neighbors, Betsy telling her made-up stories while Eddie gave a recital of a portion of their history.

When they got home, Mama and Papa went into the kitchen to put together the cold supper planned for the evening in the absence of both Dottie and Mrs. Myers who were attending a family get-together of their own.

Grandpapa Forrest sank a little wearily into the big chair reserved for his use and Sylvie perched on one of the arms of his chair while Betsy and Eddie settled onto a nearby sofa.

“Hate to see you go so soon, Eddie,” Grandpapa said grumpily.

Eddie refrained from pointing out that her visit had been weeks long and no doubt Zan was fretting to see his wife again. “I’ll miss you too, Grandpapa,” she said.

“And I suppose Betsy will be jaunting off to wherever it is she goes,” he complained, “I suspect she has a gentleman friend.”

Startled, Betsy didn’t deny. Instead she impulsively asked “Grandpapa, are you sure you don’t remember a man named Caleb Carr?”

Then she sat in terror, afraid he was about to tell her some disastrous tale of Caleb’s death. Eddie, aware of her deep unease, touched her fingertips to her hand in a gesture of reassurance.

“Caleb,” Grandpapa seemed to savor the name on his tongue. “Certainly I remember Caleb. Showed up in Lavender when he was about twelve having lost his parents. I put him to work around the place, home and store, just to see that he was proper fed. Came to be like a member of the family. Was a real support after he was crippled in the war and came home. A real favorite of my father’s and with Evan too, I’m told.”

“But whatever happened to him?” Betsy asked desperately and then wished she hadn’t.

Forrest shrugged. “A lot happened during the war. When I came back, he was here for a while.” He studied her thoughtfully. “Then he left.”

Betsy and Eddie looked at each other. This was just another enigma. Maybe they weren’t meant to have answers ahead of time. Perhaps they could only come one step after another, even in the past.

On Monday morning, Betsy drove Eddie out to the edge of the community. They waved as they passed farms where their neighbors were busily at work, reaping the late summer fruits and vegetables before the weather chilled and moved into autumn. Though they had talked steadily on the way in, both were now quiet, each thinking her own thoughts, as they drove toward parting.

“You will go back there if you can,” Eddie finally said when the creek was in sight.

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