Summer of Secrets by Charlotte Hubbard

Author:Charlotte Hubbard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Christian Fiction, Amish & Mennonite, Amish, Christian, Restaurants, Fiction, Romance, Betrothal, Triplets, General, Religious, Love Stories
ISBN: 9781420121698
Publisher: Zebra
Published: 2012-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

“I got big plans—and a big idea workin’ here—but ya gotta promise me ya won’t peek into the smithy nor let the girls go up into the loft anymore. Can ya do that for me, Miriam?”

Miriam gazed up into Micah’s unlined face, tanned from his outdoor construction work. What a fine, handsome man Naomi’s middle son was as he stood in the kitchen doorway. “Well, it sounds easier to go along with than havin’ the brethren here, takin’ a fine-tooth comb to my accounts,” she replied pertly. “Don’t reckon anythin’ you can surprise me with’ll top that for today.”

“It’s like nothin’ you’ve ever seen. And best of all, it’ll prove that some good came outta my visit with Tiffany.” He motioned to Aaron and Seth, who jumped down from a large wagon loaded with lumber and building supplies. “Seems you and I gotta help each other when it comes to dealin’ with Hiram’s attitude—and Rachel’s. If ya have a little faith in my work—”

“Oh, I know whatever you’re doin’ to that loft’ll be top-notch, Micah.”

“—maybe you and I can prove that the Old Ways’ll work even better for everybody if we give new ideas a chance now and again.”

Nodding, Miriam stepped over to the smithy to hold the door open. The other Brenneman boys began toting two-by-sixes through the smithy and up the stairs, with Micah pointing the way. As their boots clomped up the wooden steps, her heart fluttered: What on earth was this surprise written all over their faces?

“And mostly I hope to prove to Rachel—and to you, Miriam—that only gut can come of this reunion with your other daughter. It was meant to be, ain’t so?”

“Jah. Jah, it was,” she murmured, suddenly moved by his fervent voice and the way he squeezed her shoulder.

“So you’ll be keepin’ my work a secret then?” he repeated with a grin. “My brothers know just enough that they’re givin’ me the next few days to work on this project, on account of how this might be somethin’ new and really gut for our business, if it works like I’ve told them it will.”

Miriam sighed happily and tweaked the brim of his straw hat. “Ya don’t know how this pleases me, Micah, to see ya stretchin’ yourself... riskin’ your time and talent and all the while believin’ things’ll work out for the gut,” she remarked quietly. “Reminds me of my Jesse when he was startin’ his smithy business—breakin’ away from the farmin’ his family always did, because he saw we needed a new way of makin’ a livin’.”

“Jah. And he did us all a favor that way—and we still miss him and the gut work he did with our horses.” Micah stepped out of the way to let his burly brothers pass, his green eyes shining. “So when ya hear me hammerin’ and shiftin’ stuff around, ya gotta resist the urge to come checkin’ on me—and ya gotta keep my mamm outta there, too! When it’s all done, you get to see it first.

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