Their Convenient Amish Marriage (Pinecraft Homecomings Book 2) by Cheryl Williford

Author:Cheryl Williford [Williford, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Denominations & Sects, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Mother, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch, Traditional, Clean Romance, Farming, Animals, Simple Living, Plain Clothes, Mennonite, Buggy Travel, Amish Country, Courting, Old Fashion Ways, German Language, Hearts Desire, Bible Teaching, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Pinecraft Homecomings, Marriage 0f Convenience, Family & Domestic Life, Young Widow
Publisher: Love Inspired; Original edition
Published: 2019-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Leviticus thought he’d prepared himself for his father’s appearance, but he hadn’t and evidently neither had Verity. He heard her shocked gasp. His daed’s body seemed to have shriveled overnight, his coloring so pale it looked translucent against the hospital bed’s white sheets. His heart breaking, he listened to the sounds his father made as he gasped for air through dry, cracked lips. Someone had pushed his father’s long gray hair off his forehead, exposing the old man’s rawboned features. How had he lost so much weight so quickly?

He clutched Verity’s arm, as much to support himself as to steady her. She was seeing what he saw, and yet she stood strong and unwavering. But he knew her bravado was just an act. Somehow, she always thought she had to be the strong one, to set a standard far too high for her to maintain for long. He acknowledged his brother standing at the foot of the bed, and then Otto seated next to him with a nod. “Sit here.” He led Verity to the chair just vacated by Otto at the side of his father’s bed.

Dressed smartly in pressed dark trousers, black suspenders and a white shirt good enough to be his Sunday best, Otto had aged during the years Leviticus had been away. But the short, stout man appeared sturdy and unyielding as he moved closer to Albert’s side.

As best he could remember, Otto’s finest official bishop’s garb was reserved for special occasions, like weddings and social events of the highest caliber. If his father had awakened, he would have no doubt been honored by the man’s display of respect and loyalty. Almost the same age, the men had been friends since bus. He knew Otto loved Albert, yet their competitive checker games at the park had often been loud and amusing. Still in shock over his father’s declined health, Leviticus stumbled down to the foot of the bed.

Otto moved restlessly about the room, standing for a moment with Leviticus, only to relinquish the spot to Solomon and wander to a spare chair by the door. As the slightly bent man glanced around and observed their faces, he touched his beard, drawing his short, stubby fingers down the length of the bristled hair. He showed his edginess by stretching out the collar of his shirt with one finger, something Leviticus remembered seeing him do a thousand times while he would preach.

Albert suddenly opened his eyes and made a sound, surprising them all. He didn’t move his head but sought to stare at Leviticus’s face with eyes the color of a summer sky. Eyes so like his own. Deep emotions, feelings he thought he’d long forgotten, stirred, causing him to gasp for breath. This was the father he knew and loved as a child. Albert looked near death, but in his mind, his daed was still the strong, single-minded father he remembered all too well. It was as if he could read the old man’s thoughts. Soh, have you wed yet?

He pulled his gaze away from his father’s and looked toward Verity.

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