Ray of Light by Shelley Shepard Gray

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray [Gray, Shelley Shepard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
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Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-03-25T13:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

It was raining. “Could there be anything worse than rain in March?” Roman asked his horse as he double-checked the lines on the buggy that he’d just attached. “Our journey to the store is going to make us both a wet, soggy mess.”

Chester tossed his head as if in agreement . . . or maybe it was annoyance. Roman figured the old horse was probably as irritated by the bit in his teeth as the cold rain soaking his coat. Of late, Chester had become quarrelsome. “Sorry, gaul,” he murmured, rubbing the horse’s neck. “We’ve all got our jobs to do. Pulling me in the rain is yours today.”

Chester looked away and pawed the ground with a hoof.

He was still smiling at his horse’s strong personality as he strode into the barn and saw Elsie standing next to one of the stalls. “Gut matin,” he said. “What are you doing out here so early?”

“I have something to tell you.”

Elsie was wearing a look he knew well, one that said she was ready to chat for hours. Well, the horse wasn’t the only one in the barn impatient to get on his way. “Can it wait? I’ve got to get into town before the weather gets worse.”

She shook her head. “I don’t think so.”

“Go ahead, then. What is it?” he asked as he shrugged into his coat.

“I called Amanda this morning.”

Roman froze. He wanted to ask a million questions. Ask if she was talking about his Amanda. Ask how she’d even gotten Amanda’s telephone number.

But instead, he asked the question that mattered the most. “Why would you do that?”

She tugged on the edge of her apron. Crinkled it into her fist. “Well, Viola and I got to talking . . . ”

“And?”

“And, we were discussin’ how you’ve been mooning over her . . . ”

“Lord, save me from twin sisters! Elsie, you and Viola had no business talking about me like that.”

Releasing the apron, her chin rose. “You’re our brother. Of course we’re going to talk about you.” She pressed on, her words tumbling out of her mouth in a rush. “It was easy enough to get her number. Cousin Beth had it.”

He breathed a sigh of relief. He supposed it was good that the pair of them hadn’t gone through his room, looking for the small scrap of paper in his desk drawer that held the precious information. “What did you say to Amanda?”

“Oh, not much. I introduced myself. Told her about me and Viola . . . ”

“Elsie, get to the point.”

“Well, actually, after we talked for a bit . . . I invited her and her daughter to come visit.”

He could hardly believe his ears. She’d picked up the phone. Called up Amanda. And asked her to come to Ohio. That’s all. “It’s Regina,” he said.

She blinked in confusion. “Hmm?”

“Her daughter’s name is Regina,” he repeated, mainly to buy himself some time to rein in his growing temper.

“So, what do you think?”

He thought he had the two most interfering sisters on the planet.

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