Wanted: Shopkeeper (Silverpines Book 4) by Sophie Dawson

Author:Sophie Dawson [Dawson, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Dawson Novels
Published: 2018-04-23T05:00:00+00:00

The next morning Clay was mixing plaster while Nate and Ryder nailed lath to the studs in the room that would be Fern’s. He sent Nate for another bucket of water as he stirred the stiff mixture.

“Pa,” Ryder said as he came to stand next to him.

Clay looked up and raised an eyebrow.

“Yesterday when we were fishing that man who spoke to you when we were eating after you married Mama came up. He— well, I just had a funny feeling about him.”

“What kind of feeling?”

“That I didn’t like him. That what he said wasn’t what he thought.”

“What did he say?”

“He told us to be careful. That you wouldn’t want anything to happen to us. That you’d be real sad if anything happened.”

“All that’s true.”

“I know, but I don’t think that’s what he meant. I think he wants something to happen. That he’d like something to happen.” Ryder paused. “I think he might even want to hurt one or more of us.”

Clay stopped stirring. “I think you’re right. That’s Mr. Terhall. He’s not a good man. He’s asking people to pay him so nothing bad happens. If they don’t he’s likely to damage their homes or businesses.”

“Did he do that to Mama?”

“Yes.”

“Did she pay?”

“No.”

“Will something bad happen to us?”

“Not if I can help it. I had the same feeling about the man as you had when I first saw him. It was the feeling of a Calling. I think you just had your first Calling.”

Ryder’s eyes lit up. “You think so?”

“Yes, I do. It’s not something you need to do anything about. It was just a feeling of distrust, am I right?” Clay watched his son carefully.

“Yes, just a feeling.”

“You remember that feeling. It’ll come when God wants to warn you about someone. Usually it’s not a good person. If He wants you to act you’ll know. It’ll draw you and you’ll know where to go and maybe what’s going to happen. I can’t really explain it better than that. You’ll just know God wants you to act on it. If you doubt it then do nothing. Consider it a warning.”

Ryder nodded.

“Have you told anyone else about your feeling?”

“No. I wanted to talk with you first. You told us, Nate, Ben, and me, not to talk about the Callings and if we ever felt one to talk to you.”

“Good. You did right. Don’t tell Nate. Don’t tell any of the others. I’ll tell your mama when the time is right. She’ll need to know eventually, but until I get the Call from God to tell her I won’t. She’s got enough to handle right now without that.”

“Okay.”

“I’m proud of you, son. Know one thing. No matter how you feel about a Calling, it’s a blessing from God and to be taken seriously. At times you won’t think it’s a blessing but it is. It enables us to help others, keeping evil people from their deeds, and good people from harm.”

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