An Amish Year by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2015-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Two

MIRIAM FELT LIKE PUNCHING WAYNE, EVEN THOUGH IT wasn’t their way, and she’d never hit anyone in her life. But why was it that some boys felt the need to welcome the new girls in a way that wasn’t appropriate? Especially on a Sunday.

“Miriam, this ain’t none of your business.” Wayne shrugged. “We weren’t doing nothing anyway.”

Miriam rolled her eyes as she folded her arms across her chest. “If that’s what nothing looks like, I don’t need to see something.” She’d known Wayne since he was born. She’d been about twelve when she used to babysit him. And at sixteen, he’d already grown into the type of young man that mothers feared.

She glanced at the girl, who appeared to be quaking in her loafers, her big brown eyes as round as saucers. Miriam wasn’t sure Wayne’s prey was even breathing.

“Have we met?” Miriam squinted one eye as she tried to remember. She knew a new family had moved to their church district, but she didn’t recall formally meeting any of them.

The girl let out a breath. She was a cute little thing, but she was no match for Wayne.

“Ya. We met this morning. I’m Grace Byler. My family moved here a couple of weeks ago.”

Miriam recalled being introduced to the girl early this morning. “You have a bruder, too, right?”

Grace nodded. “Ya. Ben.”

That morning, Miriam had left the house before having a cup of coffee, something she tried never to do. But she’d overslept, tripped over the threshold between the kitchen and den, and landed on her right knee. By the time she’d cleaned up her wound, she was late for worship and ran to her buggy, bypassing her cup of coffee. She glared at Wayne, wanting to give him a good talking-to, but Miriam didn’t want to embarrass Grace even further. And it wouldn’t do any good.

“Are you going to tell mei father?” Grace blinked her eyes a few times and her lip was trembling.

“Did I meet your father too?” Miriam frowned, vowing never to start her day without coffee again. She should have just been late. Relief washed over her when Grace shook her head.

“Nee. I don’t think you met him yet. He wasn’t with us when Ben and I were introduced to you.”

“Nee, I’m not going to tell your daed,” Miriam finally said. She was wise enough to know that Grace and Wayne were going to do whatever they wanted, but she wasn’t sure she could live with herself if she didn’t try to warn Grace. She turned to Wayne. “You go join the others. If Grace goes back with you now, it will be obvious you two snuck off together.”

Wayne nodded, picked his straw hat up off the ground next to him, and quickly disappeared around the corner.

Miriam thought for a few moments. She wanted to warn Grace about Wayne without making him sound like the resident bad boy. Even though he was.

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