The Doctor's Bride: A Historical Clean and Wholesome Inspirational Christian Romance Novella (The Romance Bride Series Book 2) by Cecelia Dowdy

Author:Cecelia Dowdy [Dowdy, Cecelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Divine Desserts Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

Eve shoved the dishes into the tub of hot, soapy water. She shook her head, her movements quick with anger as she washed the dishes. “How could you be smitten with Deborah? My sister doesn’t want to marry. Besides, if it weren’t for your incompetence, I’d be alive right now. It’s your fault that I’m dead, Timothy.” Her loud voice exploded in the kitchen right before she pushed the tub of water toward him. “Get away from me.” Her dark eyes sparked with anger and she stomped out of the room.

Timothy jerked awake. He pushed off the sweaty, tangled mass of sheets and rolled out of bed. Groaning, he poured a cup of water from the pitcher. The cool liquid slid down his parched throat. He’d had the dream. . .again. It was the same as always, except this time Eve had mentioned Deborah. Just hearing her accusations, her pain, sliced right to the core of his heart. Lord, are You trying to tell me something? Why would I dream about this now? In his dream, Eve had looked just as she always looked whenever they had an argument. They’d done a lot of arguing during their tumultuous marriage. Her angry words had been hurled at him like the stone that David had slung toward Goliath.

He lamented about the terrible dream as he donned his clothes for church. He pulled his recently polished shoes onto his feet. “Are you ready, Lily?” His daughter got dressed herself, but Mama June and Deborah would usually check to make sure her hair looked presentable before she left for school or church.

Deborah. She’d been dominating his mind lately. And now his dream about Eve. . . He didn’t know if he should give the dream further thought, but it was hard to forget Eve’s cold, cruel anger in the dream.

“Yes, Daddy, I’m ready.” Lily’s voice interrupted his thoughts. His daughter grinned, showing a gap where she’d recently lost a tooth. After they ate some cold biscuits, they exited the house. As they walked toward Deborah’s home, he thought about how his life had changed over the last couple of weeks.

He’d been studying every night with Deborah. He’d also seen Mama June’s open disapproval regarding her daughter’s educational goal. He’d wanted to try to reason with Mama June, but he sensed that Deborah didn’t want him to interfere in her relationship with her parents. It bothered him whenever she frowned, upset about her ma’s disapproval. He sighed as he continued walking toward Deborah’s house. With startling clarity, he realized that he enjoyed spending time with Deborah. They’d developed an easy camaraderie while they worked together. She always smelled nice too. Sometimes she smelled like peppermint. Other times she smelled of basil or wildflowers. Whenever she was concentrating, trying to figure out an answer, she’d bite her lower lip and scrunch her eyebrows together.

Heaven help him, whenever she came up with the correct answer or got excited about learning something new, the urge to kiss her consumed him.

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