Amish Circle Letters II: The Second Circle of Letters by Price Sarah

Author:Price, Sarah [Price, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Price Publishing, LLC.
Published: 2014-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

Melvin sat behind his desk, his head in his hand and his eyes focused on the window, not his schoolwork. Teacher was helping the younger students with their spelling and he was supposed to be reading his book. But his mind was wandering as he could think of nothing else than of the horrible fire that could have consumed the bright light of the family: His new mamm Mary Ruth.

It was his own insolence that had caused it. He had wanted to go sleigh riding and when his new mamm told him to do chores instead, he had become sassy and impertinent. She had told him to pick up the pitchfork and asked him to outten the lanterns. But he hadn’t. The fact that his actions could have killed her, could have caused the family even more grief after they experienced so much pain already, broke his heart and hardened his soul.

And every time he saw Mary Ruth, he was reminded of it.

In a way, it had been better when she had been staying at her parents’ farm to recover for there had been no constant reminder. But now that she was back, he remembered. Oh how he remembered! And each day, as he trudged through the cold to the Miller’s farm next door, he reminded himself of what he had done.

Yet, no one else seemed to know. In fact, the rest of the family seemed to be moving in a new direction, a direction that Melvin didn’t understand and couldn’t seem to follow. There was a new peace to the house, a stronger bond between his daed and Mary Ruth. He could see it in how his daed looked at her when he thought no one was watching. He could hear it in how they spoke to each other, with soft voices and hints of smiles.

Something had happened and Melvin didn’t understand what it was.

“Melvin Yoder!”

He snapped his attention, directing it to the front of the classroom.

“Are you day dreaming again?”

He flushed at the public rebuke, too aware that the other students were staring at him and even more aware that his sisters would certainly report back to their daed that Melvin had gotten in trouble at school.

“Stay focused,” Teacher said with a stern look. She was a young woman, only eighteen. But she was strict with the students and, even worse, quite familiar with his family. All Melvin needed was for his daed to be summoned for a meeting with Teacher. It was bad enough that Suzanna would probably tell Daed at home that night.

Miserably, he sank into his chair and returned his attention to the book on his desk. His eyes saw the words but he comprehended nothing. Despite the reprimand, his mind still wandered back to his problems and to the terrible secret that he harbored within himself.

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