Rebecca's Bouquet by Lisa Jones Baker

Author:Lisa Jones Baker [Baker, Lisa Jones]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

It was five o’clock. As William moved the broom over the concrete floor, sawdust floated in the air. The clinking sound of tools filled the building as workers cleaned up. William was pleased about the completion of Henry Kreggs’s order.

His dad’s business was thriving. Even so, an uncertain ache filled William’s chest as he thought of his father. When would his dad be well enough to resume his role at the shop? Would he even work again? If not, William would be forced to decide whether or not to stay and run the company.

Right now, his future with Rebecca seemed dependent on his dad’s heart condition. William pushed out a sigh of frustration. He had never been so confused. He was pulled in two different directions.

He’d promised Rebecca their stay here was temporary. At the same time, he felt a tremendous obligation to his dad, even though his father had left him. And then, there was the partnership offer . . .

Aenti Sarah, Uncle John, and members of the church had raised him to be responsible. But what about his commitment to Rebecca? How could he do what was best for her and his dad?

Rebecca’s voice brought him back to reality. Several feet away, she ran a cleaning rag over a workbench.

“What did the Kreggses want?”

Continuing his task, he glanced at her. “They stopped by to thank us for a lovely job.”

As Rebecca made small talk, William’s instincts told him that the crux of her interest was Henry’s daughter. At the thought of Natalie, William frowned. This afternoon, he’d been attuned to her special attention to him. Rebecca was right.

But William didn’t care for Natalie’s aggressive nature. She was much more forward than the Amish girls he’d grown up with.

He preferred polite, conservative Rebecca by a long shot. To William, flirting was superficial. He wasn’t comfortable with the way Natalie flashed her pretty smile and asked questions about things she surely wasn’t interested in.

He hadn’t missed the look of disapproval on Rebecca’s face when Natalie had talked with him. And he’d taken note of the unusually terse conversation between him and Rebecca following Natalie’s departure.

But William couldn’t ignore Henry Kreggs’s daughter. They were his dad’s biggest clients, and their recommendation to others was important. A huge part of the business was word-of-mouth.

Even so, Natalie wasn’t high on his priority list. The more William considered the offer to become a partner, the more he wanted it. At the same time, he dreamed of marrying Rebecca and making her the happiest woman in the world. But he knew Rebecca’s heart.

She was his soul mate. However, for the first time in his life, there was something he couldn’t discuss with her. His father’s offer. As soon as he’d mentioned it, the disappointed, concerned look on her face had told him everything he’d needed to know.

Of course Rebecca didn’t want to settle down in Indiana. And no one could have predicted his father would have suffered a second heart attack and that William would make so many new decisions on his own.

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