A Daughter's Dream by Shelley Shepard Gray

Author:Shelley Shepard Gray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2016-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The way Rebecca was looking at him made Jacob realize that he’d made the right decision. No matter how hard it had been to accept that he wasn’t ever going to be able to take his brother’s place and farm the land, it seemed the Lord was in complete agreement. How else could Jacob explain that Rebecca’s sweet smile had been the first thing he’d encountered after accepting Lukas’s generous job offer? He needed no other sign that he was doing the right thing.

Realizing he was staring at Rebecca foolishly, he clasped the folder Lukas had left on the counter. “It is gut to see ya. I trust you are still doing well?”

She tilted her head to one side and smiled softly. “I am. It looks like you are, too.”

“I am, indeed. Our little talk yesterday really helped. Thanks, again.”

“After talking with you I felt better, too.”

He loved how easily she blushed around him. He lifted up the file folder. “So, would you like me to read through all the paperwork and bring it back to you?”

She was still gazing at him like she had a secret. “Well, you could do that, Jacob,” she said slowly. “But if you have the time, you could simply fill it out here. That way I’ll be able to enter all your information in the computer. I can give you a key and a time card, too. And maybe even take you on a tour of the property, if you want one.”

He wanted one. Well, he wanted to spend more time with her. “You have time for that?”

“Today I do.” She ran a hand over the surface of a desktop that looked freshly polished.

“I guess that means you talked to Mrs. Mast.”

“I did. After we talked, I finally got up my nerve and told Rachel that I wasna going to be able to continue to help her out anymore.”

“I wondered if you did.” Noticing that she looked uneasy, he said, “So, how did she take it?”

“I’d be lying if I said she looked happy about my news, but it seemed to go well enough.”

“Based on what Lilly’s told me, I think Mrs. Mast really cares about her students. Once she realizes that you weren’t the best fit for her class, she’ll come around.” Hoping to be encouraging, he brightened his tone. “I bet she already has.”

“I really hope so.” She bit her lip as a new shadow entered her expression. “She and I have been friends for a long time. It’s hard telling a friend something they don’t want to hear, you know?”

“I know. It’s because you don’t want to disappoint them.”

“Jah. Exactly.” The dimple popped in her check. “Anyway, now I am just going to be working here.”

That didn’t sound like a bad thing at all. “So we’ll be seeing each other all the time.”

She chuckled. “It would seem so.”

Jacob had a feeling that there was far more to that story, but it sure wasn’t his place to prod her for more information.

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