Robin Lee Hatcher by Promised to Me

Author:Promised to Me
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“It seems to be true,” Emma said to Charlotte as she reached for a straw bonnet on display in the millinery shop window. “I overheard Winifred Thompson talking to Ida Noonan, and she said—”

“Who could possibly care what those two old gossips have to say?” Charlotte stared into a mirror as she adjusted a silk and feather concoction on her head. “They almost never know what they’re talking about.”

“Well, you go to the Lutheran church these days. Were they sitting together last Sunday or not?”

Charlotte turned from the mirror. “Mr. Bishop sat with Mr. Hirsch and his family. He’s done that before. The two men are friends, and Mr. Bishop works for Mr. Hirsch.”

“But he sat beside Karola Breit. Right?”

“Oh, what on earth does it matter, Emma? He couldn’t possibly be interested in her.”

“Why not? Karola’s very nice.”

Charlotte rolled her eyes. “She’s a foreigner.” She was careful to whisper, not wanting Nadzia Denys—who had stepped into the back room a few minutes before—to overhear. “She doesn’t belong in Shadow Creek, and the sooner she leaves the better. She should hightail it back to Germany, if you ask me.”

“Charlotte, that’s unkind.” Emma’s eyes were filled with disapproval.

“Well, it’s how I feel.” She tilted her chin upward. “I’m entitled to my opinion, just like anybody else.”

With a slight shake of her head, Emma returned the straw bonnet to the display in the window. “I’d better get home. Mother is working on the banner for the gazebo, and she said she would need my help with it.”

Charlotte knew Emma was making an excuse, but she didn’t try to stop her from leaving. The last thing she wanted was to continue this conversation. She waited until Nadzia returned with the hat she’d ordered, then left the shop herself, her mood turned sour.

It can’t be true, Charlotte thought as she walked toward home. He couldn’t be seriously interested in that woman. Karola Breit was at least five years older than Lance, far too much to be considered a suitable match. And while Charlotte supposed Karola was pretty enough in her own way, she certainly wasn’t that attractive.

Besides, everybody in town—Charlotte included—knew Lance Bishop had been sweet on her since he first came to Shadow Creek. And she had to admit he was cute and kind of charming, and she’d always liked the sound of his laugh and the shy looks he shot her way from beneath his Stetson.

But her sights had been set on Jakob Hirsch. He had the finest house in the valley, and her father said he was one of the best farmers around. He was sure to be wealthy one day. Of course, he was thirteen years older than Charlotte, and he did have three children to raise.

Lance’s image drifted into her thoughts a second time. Lance Bishop—young, handsome, childless … and if rumors were true, interested in Karola Breit.

It simply wasn’t possible!

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