Redemption (Shelley Shepard Gray) by Shelley Shepard Gray

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray [Gray, Shelley Shepard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Amish & Mennonite, Christian, Romance, Historical, General
ISBN: 9780062292346
Google: 6Ze6AQAAQBAJ
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-02-25T06:00:00+00:00

Twelve

The Confrontation

DANIEL ROPP HAD been back a full month.

Zeke knew in his heart that pure jealousy, mixed with an unhealthy dose of needless curiosity, propelled him to decide to visit the Ropps’ farm. And though he’d told his sister Ana that he would stay far away from Sarah, he’d slowly had come to terms with the fact that he could no longer keep his promise. He wasn’t proud of himself.

But there was something wrong with Sarah’s relationship with her husband. And there was something definitely different about Daniel. Other people in the community had noticed it, too, though no one had come right out and blatantly said so. But there had been numerous discussions, with all of them wondering why he didn’t seem to remember them much. About how tentative he seemed around Sarah, whereas before Daniel had always been foolishly arrogant.

Even his way of speaking sounded foreign and odd. It was as if he had to carefully weigh every word that he spoke. Almost as if English had been his first language instead of Pennsylvania Dutch.

All that together, combined with the fact that his features weren’t quite how they should be—burn or no burn—equaled a great many inconsistencies. Surely so many that they couldn’t be denied. The more he thought about all of Daniel’s discrepancies, the more Zeke started to worry. He began to imagine all sorts of fantastical things and that the man had been lying to Sarah while she was too good of a person to ever suspect such a thing.

In his worst moments, Zeke had begun to fear that Sarah was in grave danger. That she was trapped on the property with a madman, begging silently for help.

He feared the very privacy they all were trying to give her was to her detriment.

He didn’t even dare ask himself what he thought he could do if that was the case. Would he risk going against the church’s policies to fend off an evil man if Sarah needed help?

When he reached the property, his curiosity was further piqued. The sun was shining, as it was almost mid-morning. Most women would have clothes hanging on the line by now. Instead, the house looked dark and quiet.

He stood, flummoxed, until he heard voices floating out from the barn’s open doors.

Glad he had decided to walk to the farm instead of riding his horse, Zeke stopped and listened. Tried to gauge who was inside. If Sarah was alone, he would go right in.

But then, all at once, he heard a deep voice murmur something . . . and it was followed by Sarah chuckling.

That ringing, beautiful sound brought him up short. When had he last heard her sound so joyful?

To his dismay, he couldn’t remember a time. Not since she was a child, at least.

There was low conversation again, followed by Sarah’s melodic reply. Drawn to the noise, Zeke walked to the open doorway before he could stop himself. Or, at the very least, formulate an explanation about why he had arrived.

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