A Love So True by Melissa Jagears

A Love So True by Melissa Jagears

Author:Melissa Jagears
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love stories;Christian fiction;FIC042030;FIC042040;FIC027050
ISBN: 9781441231284
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017-03-16T16:00:00+00:00


23

Stifling a yawn, Evelyn tried to keep her eyes open long enough to catch the ball four-year-old Ezekiel threw. Momma had told her to go outside and get some sunshine while the baby slept, but maybe she should have taken a nap with Hope instead.

Evelyn yawned and threw the ball back to Ezekiel. How did mothers of multiple children get anything done with newborns? A few babies had come through the mansion before, but not with so many other orphans in residence. She definitely needed more coffee. Maybe she should gulp down a potful every time the wet nurse bustled up to attend Hope.

“Miss Wisely!” Ezekiel shouted, his voice clearly disappointed.

She shook her head to clear out the fuzz. “What?”

He pointed at the ball at her feet.

“I’m sorry.” She rubbed a hand across her face, bent to retrieve the ball, and tossed it to him.

He lobbed the ball back, but it went high and wide, giving her no chance to catch it. She turned to race after it before it skipped down the backyard’s long sloping hill, but she stopped midstride.

David was running after the ball, easily heading it off as it gained speed.

How she wished she could run as unencumbered as a man.

How she wished David came around more often—though she absolutely shouldn’t wish that.

When had he arrived anyway? He must have pulled his buggy up front and not bothered to go through the mansion.

Ball tucked under his arm, he jogged up the hill with a slight grin, and not the one he plied on every girl. No, this one was more subtle, easily missed, and yet, it made her heart pound even worse.

She put her hands to the back of her neck and pretended she was exasperated at having missed the ball when she was actually far more concerned about covering up what was surely a blush crawling up her neck. “Thank you.”

“Not a problem.” He raised the ball above his head. “Catch, Ezekiel.”

The boy behind her screeched as the ball soared high in the sky. He growled when he missed, then chased after the ball.

Max walked out the back door and bounded down the stairs of the massive wraparound porch.

She waved at the older boy. “Why don’t you play with Ezekiel?” Hopefully Robert wasn’t watching through the windows. He’d probably spend the next few hours trying to finish his schoolwork, while Max had likely completed his own with no help in twenty minutes. If Robert couldn’t figure out how to get his work done faster so he wasn’t left inside while the others played, she was afraid he’d be forsaking school altogether and begging David for a full-time job.

Max caught Ezekiel’s wild throw and then kicked the ball toward the garden. Ezekiel ran after him.

As soon as the boys were out of earshot, she turned to David. “What brings you to the mansion this afternoon?”

David stood with his hands behind his back, the smile on his face growing wider. “What do you want more than anything in



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