Amish Christmas Bride by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha Price

Chapter 16

Jane and Sadie had just sat down with Lanie for their dinner when a knock sounded on the door.

“Who could that be at this hour?” Sadie said as she got up.

Jane hoped it was Matt.

“I’m sure I heard a car,” said Lanie.

“I wasn’t taking much notice.”

Lanie kept talking to Jane, but Jane had one ear on the door, listening to see who it was. She got the surprise of her life when she heard Isaac's voice.

“Hello, Ma’am. I'm Isaac Egan, a friend of Jane’s.”

“You're … you're not Isaac, are you?”

Jane frowned. It was Isaac. This was dreadful. If only she hadn’t mentioned Isaac to Sadie and exaggerated their relationship.

Isaac said, “I live right next to Jane and I just happened to be in the area and I knew she was staying here.”

Jane knew he hadn't 'just happened to be in the area.' He never went anywhere. He was a goat farmer and as long as she’d known him, he had trusted no one to look after his goats.

“Come in. This is perfect timing. We’ve only just sat down for dinner. Would you care to join us?”

“Would I ever. I've been traveling all day on the Greyhound with little to eat.”

“Well, we have plenty. Come in. We’re having corned beef, with white onion sauce and baked vegetables.”

“That sounds, and smells, mouth-watering.”

Jane bounded to her feet. “Isaac. What a surprise.”

“Jane, it’s so good to see you. Can I steal you away for a quick moment for a word? I know you’re in the middle of dinner.”

“Steal her away,” Sadie said. “And we’re not in the middle. We’ve barely started.”

Jane walked with Isaac into the living room. “What are you doing here?”

“I missed you. I had to see you.”

Jane’s mouth dropped open and she covered it with her hand.

“Is it so shocking?”

“Kind of.”

“You told Mrs. Yoder about me?”

“I mentioned you.”

He smiled. “You must feel something for me to have mentioned me.”

“Let’s eat and then we can talk later, jah?”

“Sure. Are you pleased I came?”

That put her right on the spot.

NO!

She wasn’t pleased that he had come.

Right now, she didn’t need any further complications when she was in the middle of losing the only man she’d ever loved.

Matt would see Isaac, and Jane would slip further from his mind as a possible fraa.

Matt would think she was taken.

“Of course I’m pleased. Wait, where’s Rosalee?”

“With my mudder.”

They walked back into the room with the others and by this time, Sadie had set Isaac a place.

“You sit right next to Jane,” Sadie said.

“Denke, that’s very kind.”

“You got here just in time for dinner, Isaac.”

“Oh, Isaac, this is Lanie.”

“Pleased to meet you, Lanie.” They exchanged smiles while Jane filled his plate with food, and then placed it in front of him.

“Denke, Jane. This looks amazing.”

Sadie felt the need to tell him, “Lanie is a widow with a young dochder.”

Isaac said, “I’m a widower and I have a young dochder too.”

“Oh, how old?” asked Lanie.

“Rosalee is five-years-old.”

“So’s Mary-Lee.”

“You have things in common,” said Jane, seeing the writing on the wall.

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