The Quilter's Son: Book Two: Lydia's Heart by Samantha Jillian Bayarr

Author:Samantha Jillian Bayarr [Bayarr, Samantha Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00CC6ZWS0
Publisher: Livingston Hall Publishers, LLC
Published: 2013-04-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Lydia and Nathan worked side-by-side most of the afternoon, and it was soon time for Steve to arrive to take the two of them home. They’d managed to finish the quilt, and Nathan hadn’t listened to his iPod once during that time. Though they’d worked in silence for the most part, Lydia had tried to engage him in casual conversation, but it seemed every subject she broached somehow led back to his absent mamm. In her original selfishness toward the child, she hadn’t taken into consideration that he was deeply hurt by the void the death of his mamm had created.

She knew exactly what he was feeling since she’d lost her daed. Fortunately for her, she’d been older than Nathan when she’d had to face the same loss. Still, it wasn’t an easy thing to face, no matter how old you are or how much of it you understand, and she’d have to remind herself that Nathan was much too young to understand the full impact his mamm’s death could have on him.

Death had always been something Lydia feared, and it had only escalated when her own daed passed away. She could only imagine that little Nathan must feel like an orphan, and not knowing his daed didn’t help matters, she was certain. If she, herself, was stronger, she would smooth things between the two of them, but every time she looked at Steve, she couldn’t help but imagine him in the embrace of another woman.

The image was almost haunting.

Lydia started packing away the thread and leftover squares of fabric. “Danki for helping me, but it’s time to put everything away. Your daed will be here in a few minutes.”

“He’s not my dad,” Nathan said quietly. “Can’t I stay with you?”

Lydia’s heart went out to the child, but she didn’t want to become a wedge between Steve and his son. Although she alone had the power to fulfill his request, she was still undecided as to whether or not she would go through with marrying Steve.

Her stomach tightened when she heard Steve’s truck pull into the alley behind the store. It had made her nervous to be around him the past few days, mostly because she didn’t trust herself not to fall into his arms and let him brush aside the tension between them with his gentle kisses. She knew they would eventually have to deal with the subject of Nathan before it festered between them too long, but today was probably not that day; she needed just a little bit more time to adjust to the idea.

When Steve walked through the alley door into the quilt shop, Lydia tensed as she pasted on a smile. She would not let him see how much pain his mistake was causing her, especially not in front of Nathan. It wasn’t the child’s fault, and she wasn’t about to make the situation about her. The child had enough to worry about with his relationship with his daed without seeing how much his presence had impacted her relationship with Steve as well.

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