Rivers of Gold by Tracie Peterson

Author:Tracie Peterson [Peterson, Tracie]
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

“Oh, he’s grown three times over,” Karen declared as she lifted Andy Colton into her arms. “He looks just like you, Grace.”

“He does favor me a bit,” Grace replied. “I wish Mother could see him. I know she’d fall positively in love with him.”

“Have you had any word from your mother?”

Grace shook her head. “I wrote shortly after the accident. I don’t suppose the mail is very reliable up here.”

“To be sure,” Karen replied. She cuddled Andy on her lap and shared the quiet morning moments with Grace. Everyone else was about their chores, and Adrik had encouraged Grace and Karen to spend the morning together. Karen was grateful for the rest. She hadn’t slept well with Adrik away, and waiting for his return had felt like forever.

“So what do you think of our claim?” Karen asked. “Did Adrik tell you that Gump signed half of it over to Adrik?”

“I was there when Gump did the deed. I’m so glad for all of you. Now I won’t feel so bad when I go back to California.”

“You’re going back?” Karen said in disbelief. “I thought you planned to stay up here with us.”

“I’ve given it a lot of thought,” Grace told her, “and I’ve decided to return to California to introduce Andy to Mother and Father Colton and then head to Wyoming, where my mother is living.”

“What about Peter?”

Grace shrugged. “I don’t know. I wrote him a letter and had thought to mail it before leaving Dawson, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I kept thinking, ‘Why bother?’ I mean, it’s obvious that Peter could have come north to bring me home, if he cared enough to do so. But apparently he doesn’t.”

“You don’t know that for sure. He might not even realize where you are.”

“I left him a letter at the hotel and paid the owner good money to see to it that Peter got it. I told him everything in that letter. How his anger hurt me. How I couldn’t bear his ugly words—the words he swore he didn’t mean. I also told him how much I loved him.” Her expression changed from passive to sorrowed. “If he received that letter …”

“If he received it,” Karen interrupted. “You can’t be sure he ever got it. He may not even know where you are. You know it’s possible he never returned to the hotel to learn of your whereabouts. He may well have figured you to have returned with his parents to California. He may have gone there himself, not even knowing you were in the Yukon.”

“Well, if that’s the case, it’s even more imperative that I get to California. Besides, this cold climate is no good for Andy. He’s not all that strong.”

Karen frowned. “Perhaps it wasn’t wise to bring you here.”

“Nonsense. It would have been just as cold in Dawson,” Grace argued.

“Yes, but in Dawson you had doctors at your fingertips. Here, there’s no one to help.”

“I would have had doctors at my fingertips for two hundred dollars a visit.

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