Taken for English by Olivia Newport

Author:Olivia Newport [Newport, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781616267148
Google: QA2imwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1616267143
Goodreads: 17835900
Publisher: Barbour Books
Published: 2013-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

“Do you think she’ll actually get help?” Annie sat in the dirt beside Elijah as Leah turned the buggy around and headed toward town.

“Do you think she will actually bring my horse and buggy back?”

“I’m sorry, Elijah.” Annie wriggled out of her sweater and spread it across his chest. “I dragged you into this, and now you’re hurt and worried about your rig.”

“I’m not worried about my buggy. Gottes wille.”

Annie pulled her knees up, wrapped her arms around them, and propped her chin on top of the mountain they made. “I haven’t quite learned to say that as freely as I ought to.”

“First you have to believe it.” Elijah started to lift an arm.

“Don’t do that!” Annie put a hand on his wrist.

“I really think I’m fine. I’ll be sore and I have a headache, but that doesn’t seem so terrible. Considering.”

“Considering you were kicked in the chest, fell off a gravel truck, and landed flat on your back?”

“Ya, that. But I landed on earth, not concrete.”

“You could have a concussion. Broken ribs. Or your spinal cord—”

“I’m grateful to have such cheerful, optimistic company.”

Annie clamped her lips shut.

“If you’ll scratch the left side of my nose, I promise I won’t try to get up.”

“That bargain is more than fair.” Annie used two fingers to thoroughly scratch the side of his long, narrow nose then pushed his brown hair away from his eyes.

“Thank you. That’s better.”

“Does your chest hurt? It looked like she kicked you right in the heart.” Annie noticed that his chest did not lift high with his breaths.

Annalise reached for his wrist and put two fingers down in search of his pulse.

“Don’t worry. It’s still beating.”

“You’re taking this whole thing too lightly.”

“I would shrug if you would let me.”

“You will do nothing of the sort.”

“Mrs. Stutzman will be in a tizzy by now.”

“Oh yes, Mrs. Stutzman. The beautiful coffee cake the girls were going to serve you straight out of the oven—coincidentally—will be ruined.”

“They’re not so bad. You’re just sensitive because Beth had her eye on Rufus. He set her straight weeks ago. You know that.”

Annie picked up a pebble and tossed it several yards. “I know. But they don’t seem your type, either.”

“You know there’s only one woman I want.”

She did know. “Are you really going to leave?”

“Yes, I believe so. I cannot stay and be a hypocrite for the next sixty years.”

“What if leaving doesn’t change anything with Ruth?”

“I hope it will, but either way I have to go.”

“Don’t you believe? In what I just promised to believe and obey?”

“Are you trying to talk me into staying because you chose to join the church?”

“Of course not.” She crossed her arms atop her knees. “I know you would never make this kind of decision for someone else.”

“I tried that three years ago and it hasn’t worked out too well.” Elijah squinted at the sun. “I wish I had my hat right now, though. I left it in the buggy.”

Annie readjusted her position once again to shade his face.

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