Legacy of Honor by Renae Brumbaugh Green

Author:Renae Brumbaugh Green [Green, Renae Brumbaugh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Heart Books

Morning came too soon, and Emma lay in bed for too many minutes, in that halfway place between asleep and awake. Her sleep had been fitful, haunted by dreams of weddings with ill-fitting gowns and babies being snatched from her, and special meals cooked and burned. But then, toward the end of the dream, Ma showed up. She didn’t say anything, just took Emma in her arms, held her and let her cry.

Now Emma relished the last moments of her mother’s presence, not ready to say goodbye. It all felt so real. But alas, the pinky-white edges of Ma’s face faded, her scent evaporated, and the dream was gone.

Emma forced leaden feet onto the cold floor, shuffled to the kitchen—it seemed only a few minutes ago she’d made that cup of tea—and started a pot of oatmeal.

And it dawned on her, this would probably be her life. Every single morning, fixing two breakfasts, a simple one for herself and an elaborate one for her employer. A black hole closed over her spirit. No light. No air. How long could she survive without hope?

But she’d keep doing it, for Pa. For Lyndel. For Skye. She’d keep doing it, to help care for the ones she loved.

Just as Ma had done for her, all those years.

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