The Bride Price (Misled Mail Order Brides Book 1) by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin [Nordin, Ruth Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wedded Bliss Romances, LLC
Published: 2017-10-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

This time, it was Angela’s turn to make breakfast, and she was happy to note that Sep liked her cooking. Her family had often said cooking was one of the things that would endear her future husband to her, so it was important that Sep liked her meals. At one point during the breakfast, Sep said, “The Larsons always talk about what a great cook Mary Larson is. I think you could rival her.” She wasn’t sure what he meant by that because she had no idea who Mary was, but she knew he was paying her a high compliment. Shortly after that, he left the house to take care of the animals.

She decided to do some light housekeeping. It was fun to be cleaning a house that was her own. She now had someone to take care of, and it would be even better when she had children to tend to as well. Finally, her dream was coming true.

It was around one in the afternoon when Sep came back to the house, and when he did, he asked her if she would like to learn how to shoot a gun.

“Sometimes a fox will get into the henhouse,” he told her. “It would be nice to have another person around here who could shoot a gun.”

“I never shot a gun before. I never even touched one.”

“That’s understandable since you were in Indiana living in town. Out here, the skill could come in handy.”

Since he seemed to have his heart set on teaching her, she agreed to go along with it. He took her out to the tree not too far from the barn. A piece of metal was hanging in the center of the tree.

“This is where I learned how to shoot,” he said as he put bullets in the Colt .45. “It’s really not as scary as it looks. A gun doesn’t have to be a weapon. It can be something useful. You can protect the animals and even yourself with it.”

“Do you often worry about the hens?”

“A couple times a year, a fox will sneak onto the property. If I don’t take care of them, they’ll become a real problem. The hens are one of the most useful animals on this property. They lay the eggs, and eggs can make many meals. Before my sister married Joel, my sister and I were in bad shape financially. Her first husband sold off almost everything we had of value to pay off his gambling debts. If it weren’t for the hens, I don’t think we would’ve made it.” Done with loading the gun, he snapped the chamber into place. “If you take good care of the hens, they’ll take good care of you.”

He put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a reassuring hug.

“There’s really nothing to shooting,” he continued. “You just need to make sure you’re pointing at your target.”

He gestured for her to come closer to him so that she could see the very tip of the gun, which he had pointed directly at the metal piece.

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