Love is Come (Power of the Matchmaker) by Heather B. Moore

Author:Heather B. Moore [Heather B. Moore]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: matchmaker, Romance, Historical
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: 2016-04-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

The next couple of days crawled by for Nelle, and the news from the Janson home remained unchanged. Mrs. Janson was still in bed. Although her appetite had increased, little progress had been made.

Today, Alice filled Nelle in with all the details over the morning meal. “Mathew thinks if you come and play the piano for her, it will lift her spirits.” Alice took a sip of her juice, narrowing her eyes slightly. “But she can’t even make it down the stairs to the parlor, so I told Mathew that didn’t make any sense.”

“What has the doctor said?” Nelle asked, still wondering what Mrs. Janson’s official diagnosis was after all this time.

“He tells her to get plenty of rest,” Alice said, scrunching up her nose. “I think she enjoys all of the extra attention, so why not continue to milk it?”

“Alice!” Aunt Corinne came into the dining room. “She will be your mother-in-law soon.”

Alice shrugged. “Not exactly soon, Mother. Mathew wants to wait to marry until after Christmas now. He says he wants his mother fully recovered.” Alice made a soft scoffing sound. “If she’d only make an effort, then she’d get better faster.”

Nelle pushed the scrambled eggs around on her plate, thinking. Mrs. Janson hadn’t gotten any better or any worse, it seemed. What’s really wrong with her? Nelle wondered as she tuned out the conversation between Alice and her mother.

Nelle felt grateful that she hadn’t been summoned to play the piano for Mrs. Janson. With the engagement, not to mention the stolen kisses with Mathew, Nelle didn’t know whether she could handle being around him. He was, surely, spending a lot of time at home now, with his mother being indisposed.

What if it was true that Nelle’s playing the piano for her would lift Mrs. Janson’s spirits? The weeks Nelle had spent with Mrs. Janson had been pleasant. It made Nelle feel selfish not to want to return to the house and do whatever she could for her.

Don’t I have a right to protect my own heart, though? Perhaps, if her aunt or Alice went with her to the Jansons, Nelle would be able to keep her feelings hidden.

“If she leaves her bedroom door open,” Nelle heard herself say, “maybe she can hear the piano music from the parlor.” Nelle could hardly believe she was making this suggestion. “I can go over the next time you do, Alice.” In truth, Nelle was worried about Mrs. Janson, so if there was something she could do to help, she should do it.

“That would be wonderful,” her aunt said.

It was settled.

That afternoon, Nelle walked over with Alice to the Jansons’ home. As usual, Alice prattled on about the latest fashions and how she wished there was a more modern dress shop in town.

Nelle could barely focus on what Alice was saying. She was thinking about what would happen to her heart when she saw Mathew again. She took measured breaths as they grew closer to the Jansons’ home.

Mathew answered the door as if he’d been hovering inside.

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