To Catch a Hummingbird by Mindy Steele

Author:Mindy Steele [Steele, Mindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: inspirational romance
Publisher: vinspirepublishing
Published: 2021-04-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Lydia agreed to a short stroll and followed Andy down the lane. The sky streaked a bright, autumn red and iris purple in front of them. She toyed with her kapp strings to keep her hands busy. Silas had been about to ask her to share a meal with them. She was sure of it. Why else were there five glasses and not four? Why else would he have stopped her from putting one of the glasses back? He had never done that before.

If Andy hadn’t arrived when he did, what would he have said? The man was confusing. One minute Lydia felt like he disapproved of her being there, the next, he was looking at her like he was happy she was. Was Mary right? Did Silas see her and not the pain in the neck she believed he thought her to be? It was enough to rob a woman’s good senses.

She inhaled a breath of cool night air and reveled in the notion that those hazel eyes had softened to her. Underneath all the growls and gruffness, Silas could be quite the charmer. She rubbed her arms, the place his fingers had impressed, and smiled. He was trying to stop her from putting that glass back. It had stopped her all right. Stopped her mind, her heart, even her feet. How could such a simple touch leave a maedel frozen?

“Are you cold?” Andy glanced at her as they walked side by side.

“I’m fine.” She wasn’t, confused as she was.

“You asked me a question. I would like to answer it now.” Andy shoved both hands into his pockets.

Lydia recalled the last time they’d walked together like this. Frog songs had filled the evening that night, too. She had been so young, unknowing. She felt better equipped now to deal with someone who she had once opened her heart to.

“Go ahead then.” She wasn’t going to make this easy for him.

“I hoped to return and get to know you again. Court you.”

“Court me?” Lydia stopped walking. He was serious. “You left Ohio to court me?” She should be flattered, but she felt more bruised than flattered. He left her and when she needed him most, he hadn’t returned. “We did court, Andy Weaver, and you left, remember?” Pulling her shawl around her tighter, she walked on ahead again.

“I had no choice in leaving, Lydia. You know this. My family needed me.” Andy caught up to her.

“You could have written me back. You could have at least told me to move on. Or did you prefer to have someone back here pining for ya?”

He smiled, stopping her in her tracks. He still had the power to do that to her. “Did you pine over me, Lydia?”

What a selfish question to ask. “I…no.”

“I am only teasing.” He touched her arm. “The truth is when I thought I would never see you again I didn’t want you to pine over me, to wait for me. It wasn’t fair. That’s why I returned your letters.

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