The Telling by Beverly Lewis

Author:Beverly Lewis [Lewis, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian Fiction, Amish, Fiction, Christian, General, Religious, Mothers and Daughters, FIC042000
ISBN: 9780764205736
Google: J8fLO-lOtC8C
Amazon: 0764205730
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: 2010-03-31T13:00:00+00:00

twenty-0ne

L ater that afternoon, when Joe dropped Grace off at the Wellness Lodge, she offered to walk home.

“Ya sure? I could come back for you,” her brother offered kindly.

“Well, I can’t be certain how long I’ll visit with Heather. But thanks.”

He held the reins and gave a nod. “Say, before I forget, Martin Puckett stopped by while you were working and asked Dat if you’d want to help his wife plan an herb garden. In exchange for some free transportation.”

The thought of designing an herb garden scarcely seemed like work to Grace. “What’d Dat think of it?” she asked eagerly.

Joe grinned. “Well, any time he can get a free ride... ya know?”

“So he’s in agreement?”

“He asked me to mention it to you. Just give Janet Puckett a call tonight if you want to help.”

“All right, then.” Grace would go to the phone shanty right after supper. She watched Joe leave, then made her way down the lane toward the Wellness Lodge.

She found Heather sitting in the backyard again, facing the creek, her laptop nowhere in sight. Heather smiled to see her. “I’m famished, Grace! Never been so hungry in my life.”

Grace couldn’t begin to imagine what she was going through, having only experienced the twice-yearly fast before communion Sunday.

“Naturally they’re giving us plenty of liquids.” Heather went on to mention that her father was expected to arrive this evening. “He had some business to wrap up at home,” Heather told her. “Sure hope I’m good company for him.”

“Well, he’s comin’ to see you, however you are,” Grace re-

assured her friend.

Heather slumped in the lawn chair beneath the tree. “I can’t explain how I’m feeling today. It’s a drastic change from yesterday,” she said quietly.

“I’m thinking ’bout you, Heather... and prayin’.”

“Thanks. Jim is, too.” Heather told her more about the fellow she’d met online. “He’s terribly ill – even worse off than I am, I think.” Heather struggled to talk. “It really weighs on me.”

“Sorry to hear that.”

“He sent a text today, something from the Bible about the importance of focusing on things that are true and good – whatever is right, pure, lovely... whatever is admirable. Things like that.”

“For healing in soul and body?”

“Right. I think he’s a little God crazy.”

“Evidently he knows his Bible, too.” Grace found it sweet how interested Heather was in talking about Jim.

“It might sound kind of strange to you, but I’m fascinated by his comments.” She paused. “He’s been sending me text messages every few hours lately.”

“Ah, well, he must like you, then.”

Heather smiled. “Just trying to encourage me... that’s all.”

“Right, and you sound just like I did when you said you’d overheard Yonnie talkin’ to me last Wednesday. Remember?”

Heather grinned. “So... how is Yonnie?”

That brought a good laugh from Grace. “We’ve decided to be friends.”

“ Just friends? Everyone agrees to that when they wish they could be more.

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