Vera (Widows of Blessings Valley Book 2) by Douglas Maxine

Author:Douglas, Maxine [Douglas, Maxine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

Vera folded herself into Jack’s arms and let the tears freely come. Tears for the loss of her husband. Tears for her fatherless child. Tears for what would never be. And selfish tears for herself.

“I won’t let anything happen to you or the baby, Vera.” Jack’s spoken promise sounded distant as if being carried on the wind.

She looked up into his eyes. The same sapphire blue as Thomas’s, only beneath their depths was a kindness she’d not seen in her deceased husband in many months before the accident.

“I think we should rest awhile,” Jack suggested, loosening his arms from around her.

“The church,” she whispered, feeling the need to be near God.

“Yes, of course,” Jack said, guiding her up the steps and through the door.

“Thank you for your kindness, Jack,” Vera whispered, sliding into a pew. “I’m not usually so emotional.”

“It is understandable.” Jack sat gently beside her, barely six inches separating them. “You’ve just discovered that the man you loved has a family. And being with child only intensifies your emotions. Or so I’ve been told.”

“I am sorry for my nastiness.” Vera glanced over at Jack, confused by the sincere concern etched on his face. How could a perfect stranger be so worried about the likes of her, a lonely widow with child who was working as a laundress? “I am fine, Jack, if not a bit embarrassed for my behavior.”

“Was your husband kind to you?” Jack asked, his hands folded on the back of the pew in front of them, but his gaze fixed straight ahead on the altar.

Vera shifted slightly in her seat. How could she tell this kind stranger that her husband had his cruel moments as well as his loving ones? Regardless, she loved Thomas and blamed the long hours in the coal mine for the change that had come over him the last months of his life. He’d been nothing but attentive and loving before they’d arrived in Blessings Valley.

“Yes, he was,” Vera whispered, wiping away the tear staining her cheek. “What can you tell me about his family?”

The touch of Jack’s hand upon hers startled Vera slightly. Looking into his face, she was taken aback by the depth of sadness in his eyes.

“What troubles you, Jack?” Vera asked, her heart pounding with fear. “Do you bring me bad news about Thomas’s family? Will they not want their grandchild or me now that he lays deep in the ground?”

“No, they will welcome you with open arms and shower you with love. That I can guarantee you,” Jack answered, his words soft and reassuring. “They have no idea about you or the baby. They didn’t know what happened to their son once he rode away from them almost three years ago.”

“Thomas rode away from his family?” Vera asked, surprised the man she knew and loved would do such a thing. Thomas loved her family as if they were his own; she couldn’t imagine him turning his back on his own family. “I don’t believe it.”

“It’s true, Vera.

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