Amazing Grace by Faith Blum

Author:Faith Blum
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Caleb, Maggie, Rachel, Iain, Scottish, Anna, Historical, Louis L'Amour, Janette Oke, Love Story, Mail Order Bride, Clean & Wholesome, Amazing Grace, Hymns of the West
Publisher: Faith Blum
Published: 2015-04-26T00:00:00+00:00

“You the new Stuart girl?” a boy at school asked Rachel a few weeks after the wedding.

“Yes,” Rachel said with hesitation.

“Why’d your mom want to marry a hermit like him?” the boy asked.

“Because she fell in love with him and he’s not much of a hermit anymore since he became a Christian,” Rachel replied quickly.

“But if he was going to marry, why not marry one of the girls in town instead of an outsider? And why would he want to marry one with a daughter?”

Rachel shrugged. “I guess you’d have to ask him.”

“Well, I ain’t gonna ask him, so you may’s well tell me.”

Rachel crossed her arms. “And if I don’t?”

“Then you’ll find a frog or worm in your lunch sometime,” he threatened.

“What is your name?” Rachel asked.

“Tobias Whetherford Ramsey III,” he answered with a haughty tone.

“Well, Toby, I dare you to put a frog or worm in my lunchpail,” Rachel said. “You won’t hear me scream when I see it and I might just find something else to put into yours.” Rachel gave a sharp nod and turned on her heel.

Toby grabbed her arm as she stalked away.

“Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, calls me Toby!” he hissed.

“Why not?” Rachel asked.

“Because if they do, I beat them up. My name’s Tobias and that’s what I’ll be called.”

“If you say so,” Rachel replied. “So what are you going to do now? Beat me up for calling you Toby twice in as many minutes?”

Toby ground his teeth together and gripped her arm tighter. Rachel made a concerted effort to show no pain and keep eye contact with this bully.

“Leave her alone, Tobias!” another voice cut in.

“Stay outta this, Jenkins!” Tobias warned.

“Rachel, get away from here,” the voice Rachel now recognized as John’s said.

“I can’t,” Rachel said through gritted teeth. “Toby is trying to see if his hand will go through my arm.”

“James, go get Mr. Matthews and tell him a fight’s about to start and I’m starting it. Kind of.” John took a step forward. “I’m giving you one more chance to let Rachel go, Toby. If you don’t do it in the next ten seconds, I’ll make you let go of her.”

Tobias’s eyes flitted from one cousin to the other. Rachel and John both glared at him.

“10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1. Time’s up, Toby.” John swung his left fist in the direction of Toby’s head. He knew he was taking a chance of hitting Rachel with the punch instead, but counted on Toby letting go of Rachel so he could block the blow and Rachel’s quick thinking to move out of the way.

While his left fist headed toward Toby’s head, he readied his right fist to hit the boy from a different angle as soon as the first blow was blocked. John breathed easier as his assumptions proved correct when Tobias let go of Rachel and Rachel ducked out of the way. John’s punch came to a halt on Toby’s arm, but his right fist followed quickly and hit the other boy in the left ear causing Tobias to stagger backwards half a pace.

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