The Trespasser by Jennifer Spredemann

Author:Jennifer Spredemann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blessed Publishing

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Silas couldn’t erase the smile from his face as he headed back home. Kayla accepted Christ! That meant that they were no longer unequally yoked, according to God’s Word. But, unless she decided to join the Amish church, there would be no hope for a marriage between the two of them. Would she even consider it?

Jah, she’d joked about marrying him and having bopplin, but would she ever really consider it? He sure hoped so, because after that kiss, he couldn’t imagine not having her in his life. Ach, she’d felt so wonderful in his arms. He’d never realized just how much he’d missed having a woman in his life.

After he left Strider in the barn, he headed to the dawdi haus. He surveyed the small living area, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom, remembering the wonderful moments he and Sadie Ann had spent there as husband and wife. She’d only been gone two years. In one way, it felt like just yesterday she’d been in his arms. In another way, it seemed like a lifetime ago.

He thought of the day he’d come home from his construction job two and a half years ago. Sadie Ann’s secretive smile told him something was going on, but he’d been clueless. He closed his eyes, recollecting the precious moments.

“Guess what?” Sadie Ann said.

Silas grinned. “You made my favorite meal?”

“Nee.” She’d come close and pressed against him, then whispered in his ear, “Daed.”

It had taken a couple of seconds for the word to register. He stepped back, her hands in his, and studied her face. She’d been glowing. “I’m going to be…you are…you are in the familye way?”

She smiled and nodded.

“Ach, this is the best news!” He bent down and kissed her, his hand resting on her flat stomach. “We have a little one in there right now.” He didn’t know if he’d been trying to convince himself of the fact or if he was just overwhelmed with awe. Perhaps it had been a little bit of both.

He couldn’t help it when tears surfaced. A boppli. A testament to their love.

A knock on the door from the main house snapped him out of his reverie. He realized he had tears in his eyes, even now. He quickly erased their existence, then opened the door.

Paul stood on the other side, a goofy grin on his face. He waltzed in and closed the door behind him. “Alright, bruder.” He plopped down on Silas’s loveseat. “Spill it.”

Silas shook his head. Apparently, his brother was not going to give up.

“Come on. Every last detail.”

“I’m not telling you anything,” Silas insisted.

“Ach, so there is something to tell! I knew it.”

“Nee, there’s nothing to tell.”

“Right. That’s why a twenty-minute round-trip took you two hours.” His knowing eyes demanded truth. “I’m wondering what you did with the other hour and a half.”

“I think your math’s a little off.”

“My point is the same.” He crossed his arms firmly over his chest.

Silas shrugged nonchalantly. “We talked.”

Paul’s brow shot up. “Talked, huh? And that’s it?”

“Nee. We prayed too.

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