A Stitch in Time (Timeless Love Book 1) by Susette Williams

Author:Susette Williams [Williams, Susette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Family Friendly Fiction
Published: 2018-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

M onday morning after breakfast, and Father had gone to work, Lizzie and Jeremiah set off on foot to find the fabric for the quilt at what Jeremiah referred to as a dry goods store. Given the past didn’t have modern refrigeration, it made sense to refer to a store as something quirky as that.

“I get the feeling your parents don’t like me.”

Expelling a long breath, Lizzie shook her head. She had omitted telling Father that Jeremiah would be escorting her today. The look of disapproval Mother gave that morning when Jeremiah showed up at their home was confirmation enough that she’d done the right thing by not telling Father. It wasn’t as if she and Jeremiah were planning to run away and get married…

Lizzie’s heart pounded, and her ears rang. Her head jerked toward Jeremiah. “It’s you.”

“Me?” Jeremiah’s narrowed. He frowned. “What did I do wrong? I’d be happy to apologize.”

She grinned.

“Are you laughing at me?” He stopped in his tracks. His cheeks reddened. “I don’t know why you find this all amusing.”

“I’m not laughing at you.” Lizzie tried to hide her smile. “I just remembered something my great-grandmother said to me.” It was Lizzie’s turn for her cheeks to turn red.

“Now you’re embarrassed.” Jeremiah took a step closer and tilted her chin up. His chocolate-brown eyes searched hers. “What did your great-grandmother say?”

“I…,” Lizzie stammered. “I remembered one of the fabrics, it was dark blue. Like your uniform.”

Jeremiah smiled. “So, you’re saying I was important to her?”

Her, being her great-great-grandmother, yes. But he was vastly becoming important to Lizzie too. It was easy to get lost in the depth of his gaze. She moistened her lips and tried to swallow. “Yes. However, something happened to come between them.”

He grimaced. “Like she went back to the future and left him all alone?”

“No.” She nervously shook her head. “All I know is, something came between them and she was heartbroken. She later married someone else.”

“I can’t imagine anything coming between us…other than your father.”

Lizzie’s eyes felt weighted by sadness. “Surely he could see that his daughter’s happiness is more important than whether or not her boyfriend has a college degree?”

A smile crept upon his lips. “So, I’m your boyfriend now?”

She playfully punched his arm.

His eyes widened in surprise as he laughed. “You hit me.”

“Be nice, or I’ll do it again.” Lizzie turned to walk away so he wouldn’t see her grinning from ear-to-ear. She felt like a silly schoolgirl.

“Well, with an attitude like that, I may not be willing to give you the fabric for your quilt.”

Pausing in her steps, she swiveled to look at him, relaxing slightly when she was the playful look on his face. “Perhaps you have a co-worker, whom I might be able to persuade.”

Jeremiah shook his head. “It won’t work. You said yourself, she used the fabric from someone she was in love with.”

It would serve him right if she wiped that smug look off of his face, but he was right, and she was falling for him.

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