A Lancaster County Christmas by Suzanne Woods Fisher

Author:Suzanne Woods Fisher
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Tags: Christmas & Advent, Amish, Christian, Lancaster County (Pa.), Christmas Stories, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Religion, General, Holidays, Christianity, Religious
ISBN: 9780800719951
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2011-09-01T06:00:00+00:00

Zach drained his juice glass, then spun it absentmindedly on the table. It was the best breakfast he had ever eaten. The English man made them all perfectly cooked scrambled eggs, soft and buttery, topped with sautéed onions and mushrooms and cheese. Zach had wanted to dislike that fellow, the man married to this beautiful creature sitting across the table from him. But he could tell C.J. was a good man. Impossible to dislike, despite his best efforts. He admired the way C.J. treated Jaime—he was kind to her, the way Sol was kind to Mattie. It was one of the things Zach liked about living with Sol and Mattie. He was able to observe, day in and day out, a different kind of marriage than his own folks’. The kind he wanted for himself one day.

It amazed him that the English fellow cooked for everybody. His wife said he cooked most of the time at home. That thought would have baffled his father. He couldn’t even imagine his father in a kitchen, other than eating at the table. Nor could he imagine his father treating his mother with kindness.

He glanced over at the mountain of dirty dishes in the kitchen sink. The pale green formica countertops were buried in dishes. The stovetop was splattered with bacon grease and bits of dried-on eggs. C.J. must have used every dish in the house. Ha! That fellow may be able to cook, but he sure couldn’t keep a kitchen clean.

He watched Jaime slather jam over her toast. He found himself watching her every move; she was a mystery to him. He was mesmerized by every word she uttered. He had to be careful watching her because he knew that Sol was watching him, but the complexity of her fascinated him. There were so many things he was starting to wonder about her, the loneliness and the restlessness he saw in her.

He finished his eggs and buttered one more piece of toast to go. He was so full he could hardly even sit up, much less bring himself to leave. But the worst of the storm had passed and he wanted to get out to his car to see if he could get it running. Assuming, of course, it wasn’t completely buried in a snowdrift. As soon as Sol finished the prayer for breakfast, Zach jumped from the table and plucked his coat and hat off the wall pegs.

“Zach,” Sol said, and Zach froze, mid-air. “Before you go fussing over that car of yours, why don’t you do Mattie a favor and clean up the breakfast dishes for her?” Sol gave him a cat-in-the-cream smile. “Consider it an early Christmas gift.”

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