Priscilla's Escape by Diane Craver

Author:Diane Craver [Craver, Diane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Diane Craver
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Priscilla and Olivia were in the pool swimming when Madison came outside. She carried a tray with sandwiches, strawberries with a white fruit dip, and potato chips. As she put the tray on the table, Madison said, “Here’s lunch, girls.”

“Danki, it looks delicious,” Priscilla said. Madison had mentioned to her earlier that she would fix lunch.

“I’ll be right back with the lemonade.”

Priscilla and Olivia climbed out of the pool at the walk-in steps. As they grabbed their towels and dried off, Madison returned with a pitcher and glasses. A strong breeze blew the napkins off the tray. Olivia ran after the napkins and yelled, “I don’t want them to go into the pool.”

After she retrieved them, Olivia examined the napkins. “They look clean.”

“We better put them under the plates, so they don’t blow away again,” Madison said. “I didn’t realize it was this breezy outside, but it feels nice.” She gave them each a sandwich. “I think the plates are heavy enough and won’t blow off the table.”

Priscilla bowed her head as Olivia prayed, “God is good. God is great. Thank you for our food. Amen.”

“How’s the water?” Madison asked as she poured lemonade in the glasses.

“It’s great. Mommy, could we have a pool put in at our house? I love swimming. Priscilla can visit us and go swimming too.”

Priscilla gave a paper plate to Olivia and one to herself. She was glad Madison used paper plates for their lunch. It’d be easy to clean up after. Priscilla usually fixed breakfast and lunch and cleaned up the kitchen during the week. Some nights she cooked, and other times Madison fixed the evening meal. Back home, they referred to the noon meal as dinner and the evening meal as supper. Madison said that was what they called the evening meal too. It was nice they both lived in Ohio and used some of the same terms.

Madison handed Priscilla a glass of lemonade. “I don’t think we have enough warm weather to justify putting a pool in. I know several people have them in our neighborhood, but we come here in the summer and maybe we’ll come at other times. And Priscilla is welcome to visit us anytime in Ohio.”

Olivia shrugged. “If you change your mind about a pool, it will be fine with me.”

Madison laughed. “I’ll remember that.”

“How is the writing going today?” Priscilla took a bite of her egg salad sandwich.

“Better today than yesterday. My editor, Andrea, called and didn’t like what I had emailed her last week. She wanted me to include more about a couple of characters. Andrea also questioned the direction of my book. I just emailed her the revised chapters.”

“That’s wonderful you already could send her your new chapters. I can’t imagine writing books. It has to take a lot of concentration and a wonderful imagination.” Priscilla should read Madison’s books, but she had never been much of a reader, except for the Bible. She read it daily.

Madison smiled. “I can’t imagine having your talent for creating such realistic pictures.

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