An Amish Hope by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2018-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 4

Rosa swiped the steamy kitchen window with the dish towel to get a clear view of the truck and horse trailer. She watched as Adam greeted the driver with a handshake and led the man into the barn.

The glass fogged again. She turned away from the window and removed the hissing kettle from the stove, then filled her cup with boiling water and let the lemony tea bag steep while she buttered a slice of bread.

After the barn fire, Adam had spent several months recovering from his burns, and afterward the horses needed retraining. He had put his heart and soul into those horses—a form of therapy for himself, no doubt. At first Rose regretted the decision to let him keep his horses in her barn. The horses had nothing to do with lightning setting the barn on fire, and yet she despised the creatures. But the arrival of the truck and trailer this morning made her realize that she would miss the activity once he sold the stock.

Rosa blew gently over the surface of her tea, then took a sip. She opened the journal where she kept a record of the egg sales, scanned halfway down the list, then stopped. Why did she constantly feel the need to review the list and count her expected earnings? She knew the weekly delivery schedule by heart. Her orders never changed, except when the bakery requested extra eggs over the holidays.

She slapped the journal closed. When had she become so obsessed with tracking money?

Rosa knew the answer. But she couldn’t allow the looming taxes to consume her mind. Constantly worrying didn’t help the situation.

It wasn’t like she had no place to go. Aenti Lilly had offered her a place to stay after Uriah died. At that time, Rosa had respectfully declined. Paradise was her home and starting over again in Ohio wasn’t something she wanted to consider. But now . . .

She ran her hand over the journal. She needed to sell more eggs in order to keep her house. Or come up with something else to sell.

A horse whinnied, and she rose from the chair and looked out the window. Adam’s hard work had paid off. He led the horse up the trailer ramp, then went back inside the barn and came out with another one. By the time the men shook hands, all four of Adam’s horses had been loaded into the trailer.

Rosa filled the kettle with more water and set it on the stove. She had enough time to share a cup with Adam before retrieving the eggs.

She smiled at the slight bounce in Adam’s step as the truck and trailer pulled away. But instead of coming to share the news, he was heading home.

A heaviness filled her chest. Loneliness was normal—understandable—when it came to missing Uriah. But . . . was she really having that response to Adam?

Rosa rubbed her eyes. She wasn’t thinking straight. Probably the lack of sleep or worry over the taxes. Clearly, Adam

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