Nine Steps to Sara by Lisa Olsen

Author:Lisa Olsen [Olsen, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Ghost
ISBN: 1478190655
Publisher: Lisa Olsen
Published: 2012-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

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“It’s time now, my Lady.”

“Are you sure about this, Brisbin?” Sara held the infant’s soft cheek to hers, reluctant to let him go, even into the capable hands of her lady’s maid. The shabby room she’d rented held little more than a bed and a washstand, but it suited her purpose, having left her finery behind.

“It’s now or never, unless you’ve given up this plan,” the maid replied, buttoning her coat to the top and reaching for the plain woven basket, so different from the lacy bassinet they’d left behind.

Was she doing the right thing? If only she could be certain… “No, I’ve no choice, Edward has seen to that.” She looked down at the little face, oblivious to the life changing events at hand. “I’ll save you, my darling, the only way I know how.” Laying a kiss to the top of his head, her tears slipped out to splash on the baby’s cheek, startling him awake. Instead of crying, he looked up at her with wise, gray eyes, almost as if he knew… “Goodbye, my sweet Matthew. Brisbin will look after you until I can come for you myself,” she brushed the tears from his cheek. “But know that I love you more than all the world. You’ll tell him every night, won’t you?” she looked up at the maid, desperate for the nod of compliance.

“Aye, my Lady, I will. But we must be off now, or have to wait another week for the next ship bound for America.”

“I know,” she laid the baby down in the basket, taking great care to swaddle him in protective blankets. “I’ll write to you as soon as I can. You have the money?”

“Close to my heart,” Brisbin patted her chest. “I’ll care for him as if he was my own,” she promised gravely, as if she were off to march into battle instead of taking an innocent child on a long journey. “Are you sure you won’t come with us, my Lady?”

Longing mixed with dread as she looked down at her son’s sweet face. “I can’t, you know I can’t. He’ll never let me go. Maybe some day when he’s gone I can…” her eyes clouded with tears again and she shook her head. “You’d best go before it’s too late.”

“As you wish,” Brisbin bobbed. “Goodbye, my Lady. May the Lord keep you safe.”

“No, Brisbin,” she smiled sadly, “the child is all that matters. I pray that He keeps you out of harm’s way on your journey.” Watching the window until she could no longer see the maid with her precious cargo, her shoulders slumped as they disappeared from view. Dipping her hands into the basin of cold water on the stand, Sara looked up, expecting to see her own blue eyes, but it was Gemma staring back at her in the reflexion, eyes red rimmed and puffy from crying. “I sacrificed all for my child. Can you do the same?”

Sara startled awake, surprised to find herself snuggled up in bed instead of the rundown room.

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