Redeeming Honor by E.A. West

Author:E.A. West
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781522300007
Publisher: Pelican Book Group
Published: 2017-09-17T04:00:00+00:00

11

Basir tossed another handful of green beans into the five-gallon bucket and looked across the garden. Ryan picked tomatoes off to the left, while Meghan plucked cucumbers from vines on the right. He glanced at the sun sinking toward the horizon. They only had an hour or two of daylight left. Thankfully, they were almost finished with harvesting. A dull headache had dogged him all afternoon, but he was grateful it hadn’t progressed to worse pain.

He picked the green beans from the last bush and lifted the mostly full bucket. After dropping it off by the trailer Ryan had hooked to Meghan’s truck earlier that afternoon, he stopped by the upside-down laundry basket resting in the shade of a tree. He removed the rock from the top and lifted the basket, revealing the month-old kitten playing beneath it.

“Hello, little one,” he said as he stroked the kitten’s body. Regular, round-the-clock feedings had given it a healthy weight and even softer fur. “Having fun?”

The kitten pounced on his hand and gave his fingers a gentle bite. Basir chuckled and pulled his hand away.

“I will take that as a yes.” He stroked the kitten one last time, and then replaced the basket and the rock.

He didn’t like keeping the little creature contained in such a way, but he still needed to keep the kitten close by for ease of feeding. In another week he would be able to leave him alone for longer periods of time. Already the kitten ate less frequently than he had at the beginning, but Basir still wasn’t comfortable leaving him alone in the house long enough to harvest.

Ignoring the kitten’s mew of complaint, he returned to the garden. Ryan carried a box of tomatoes toward the trailer, but Meghan was still picking. Basir joined her and moved to the other side of the string trellis covered with vines. As he picked a ripe cucumber, he heard Meghan stop.

“You don’t have to help,” she said. “I know you’ve been struggling with a headache this afternoon.”

“It is not too bad.” He picked another cucumber and handed both vegetables to her. “Besides, you have been out here longer than I have.”

“True, but I’m used to it. I’ve been selling at the farmer’s market since my second summer on the farm.”

He shook his head and smiled. “You are a stubborn woman, Meghan. Let me help you finish. There’s not much more.”

“If you want to pick cucumbers that badly, who am I to complain?” She set the vegetables in the box by her feet and moved down the row.

Ten minutes later, they met at the end of the trellis. Meghan took the last cucumbers from Basir, and her smile brightened the fading sunlight.

“Thanks, Basir. I appreciate the help.”

“You’re welcome.” He wanted to say more, something witty like he’d seen other men do when talking to beautiful women, but not a single thing came to mind. The full box sitting on the ground caught his attention. If he couldn’t impress her with his words, maybe he could impress her with his work ethic.

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