A Stitch in Time by Amanda James

Author:Amanda James
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary Fiction, History, time travel, Fiction
ISBN: 9781781890004
Publisher: Choc Lit
Published: 2013-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

John had negotiated the next two weeks as ‘time travel free’ for Sarah. The first week was half-term and the two of them spent every minute together. Sarah spent more time at his house than hers; she had to keep pinching herself to check that she wasn’t dreaming. And floating all along her blue horizon were pink fluffy clouds as far as the eye could see.

Although Sarah had tried to get more information about how he negotiated, and who with, she was none the wiser. He just said he did it by email and he didn’t know who the powers that be were. It was something that they would never know and had to live with. In the end, she believed him. As he said, life wasn’t a romance novel. But lately, when she was in his arms, Sarah felt that’s exactly what life was.

The question about why she had been selected as a Stitch had been answered, though. As John had said the first time she had met him, in general Stitches were chosen because of their strength of spirit, courage and potential to do the right thing. It was because of this, her job, and equally importantly, John surmised, because the powers that be had decided that it was time for him to settle down. He had been sadly mistaken with Josephina, but perhaps they thought that Sarah was a good match.

There was maybe some connection between them that only the powers could see; he didn’t know, but that was his best guess. Because of the obvious problems associated with living such a life, most Needler wives hadn’t been Stitches and were oblivious to their husband’s Time-Needling. Keeping something like this hidden was very tricky, but necessary. John had asked his dad once if all Needles were men as his personal history seemed to bear that out, and were all Stitches women. His dad hadn’t known for sure but he thought that these jobs were interchangeable. Once again, secrecy prevented knowledge of all the facts. He’d also guessed that women were better at stitching given their natural intuition and innate sense of caring. John wasn’t too sure about this assumption. He’d met a few women who would give Genghis Khan a run for his money.

Most Needlers abided by the sensible rules of never getting romantically involved with a Stitch, too. If they had flouted the rules like his father had, and now, John himself, was doing, it was a good indication that the match was a good one because there were so many problems associated with such a relationship; both parties would risk heartache and sadness. His dad suspected (because he had never been told explicitly) that his mum had been chosen for him in this way, but had had to prove that she was determined to stick at stitching and by her husband when the going got tough.

The powers had made it as difficult as possible for the relationship to flourish between his parents, but they had stuck at it and in the end the powers were satisfied.

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