The Sugar Haus Inn by Serena B. Miller

Author:Serena B. Miller [Miller, Serena B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 978-1-940283-23-4
Publisher: L. J. Emory Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

After helping her aunts tidy the kitchen and prepare for the next baking marathon, Rachel strode out to the barn and climbed the ladder to the hayloft. Since childhood, the hayloft had been her spot to contemplate, pray, or have a good cry. The huge, high window beckoned with a view of the valley that always inspired her. She sat down and scooted to the edge of the window, allowing her legs to dangle. Her heart was heavy, and she needed to unburden herself to Someone who would understand.

“Father,” she said aloud, “my aunts are driving me crazy. They act like I’m punishing them by trying to get them to slow down.” She stopped and contemplated her life. “My back still aches from the beating in Cleveland. Bertha allowed Joe to become a permanent resident—over my strong objections.”

She hesitated. “And while we’re talking, Father, what is it with Joe, anyway? I don’t even know who he really is, and yet I feel myself drawn to him. There is something about the way he talks and moves and cares for his child that keeps me awake at night, replaying it in my mind.”

She kicked her foot against the barn with her face lifted toward the sky in prayer. “I’m a mess, Father. And I’m really, really tired of being the responsible one around here.”

It had been too long since she’d prayed like this. It felt as though a weight rolled off her shoulders as she finished. She scooted backward and lay on the scattered hay of the loft, watching a wisp of a cloud drift over the brilliantly colored fall trees. It was so quiet up in the hayloft that she was startled when she heard voices below.

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