The Amish Midwife & Plain Pursuit by Patricia Davids

Author:Patricia Davids
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488024900
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

Early March

“We’ve got twins!” Anne shouted to Joseph.

“Twins? I’m coming.” He jogged across the pasture to her side. A young doe was nursing two brown-and-black kids with white stars on their foreheads and long floppy ears.

“Goot girl, Jenny. Two nice little bubbels.” He patted her head as she nuzzled her newborns.

“Is this the last of them?” Anne wiped her hands on a towel and gazed out over the greening pasture dotted with does and wobbly kids. A hedge of honeysuckle was blooming on an old rock fence nearby and the air was sweet with the scent.

“Jenny was the last one. We have fifty-two new goats. Your own milk herd in another two years.”

She smiled at the love of her life. He still liked goats better than most people, but that didn’t include herself, Leah or Fannie. They were truly his family now. “We’re going to need fifty new goats if we expand into cheese making. Are you sure you want to do that?”

“Fannie knows what she’s doing. You have to admit she’s made some fine cheeses. If she thinks we can find an organic market, I’m willing to give it a shot.”

“She’s worried she’ll disappoint you.”

“I’ll make sure she knows my love isn’t tied to any success or failure. It’s always there.”

Anne kissed him on the cheek. “I love you.”

“So you’ve told me.”

“I haven’t told you today.”

“You did. Before breakfast, during milking, after milking and after lunch. Four times today, five counting right now.”

“You’re counting how many times I tell you that I love you?”

He pulled her close to him. “Every one. I want to remember them all.”

Cupping his face between her hands, she gave him a quick peck on the lips. “I only count your kisses.”

He chuckled. “How many are we up to?”

“Two thousand and seventy-one.”

“No wonder my lips are tired.” She swatted his shoulder and stepped away, but inside, she was smiling.

He looked over the pasture. “I’m glad we are done birthing for the year.”

Was this the right time? Maybe it was the best time. “Actually, we aren’t done.”

“Ja, Fannie will have her new baby in June and then we will be done.”

“There will be one more. On about October 22, by my calculations.”

She watched his face. Understanding suddenly dawned on him. “You? We? Us? We’re pregnant?”

She nodded. “We are. Are you happy?”

He pulled her close. “You have no idea how happy you have made me. Gott es goot.”

“Ja, He is.” She closed her eyes and collected kisses number two thousand and seventy-two, seventy-three and seventy-four.

After that, she lost count as his love swept her away to gorgeous bliss surrounded by the fragrance of honeysuckle on a green hillside of Pennsylvania overlooking her home.

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