Mattie's Pledge by Jan Drexler

Author:Jan Drexler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian fiction;Love stories;FIC053000;FIC042040;FIC027050
ISBN: 9781493405206
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2016-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Andrew took a couple of steps to follow Johanna, but stopped. She didn’t want him near her. That much was clear.

He turned to the fire, kicking up dirt from the edges of the circle to cover the dark red coals. The fire would go out without the smothering, but kicking at the black soil felt good. When he reached the log he had sat on with Naomi, he kicked it too. It felt even better and he kicked it again.

Fool, fool, fool. He had done it again. Gone too far. Stuck his stupid foot in his stupid mouth.

He slumped down on the log. He wasn’t interested in Naomi, so why did he flirt with her tonight?

Because he loved seeing that look in her eyes. Any girl’s eyes. She adored him, and he liked girls who looked at him that way.

The way that led to such trouble back home. Jo was wrong. He knew what it felt like to have his heart broken. He had been on the receiving end of that game when Bethann had married Abe Glick.

He snatched off his hat and then shoved it down on his head again.

Jo knew he was only playing with Naomi. She saw right through him.

Ja, and Mattie knew too. But Mattie didn’t bother him.

But Jo . . . had he lost her tonight?

He was just being himself, wasn’t he? Everyone liked him. Everyone laughed at his jokes. The jokes he told to keep the memories at bay. The games he played to keep himself from getting serious about another girl.

But Jo . . .

His eyes itched and he swiped at them with one hand, feeling the hot wetness. If Jo saw through him, what did the others think?

Jo had seen the real Andrew tonight and she had walked away. If Naomi or even Mattie had done that, he would have shrugged and laughed it off.

He would have forgotten it and gone on to the next girl. Anything to show he wasn’t hurt.

A sob rose in his throat, and he swallowed it down. There wasn’t anyone else like Jo. When he kissed her, it was real. With other girls, it was part of the game, but with her, it was like she opened a place in his soul and joined herself to him.

He lifted his head and stared in the direction of the Hertzlers’ wagon, even though he could only see black shapes in the darkness. Had she gone inside the tent she shared with her sisters, or was she waiting for him?

Andrew bent his head. He didn’t deserve a girl like Jo. But without her . . . He swallowed another sob, forcing it down. Without her, life would be nothing. He would be nothing. If he let her get away . . .

He jumped to his feet and lurched toward the Hertzler wagon. As he got closer, his steps slowed, and he walked with caution, feeling his way past the big wheels toward the front of the wagon. Even in the shadows, he could see her hunched on the wagon tongue.

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