Catching Moondrops by Jennifer Erin Valent

Author:Jennifer Erin Valent [Valent, Jennifer Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian, Historical
ISBN: 9781414333274
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Goodreads: 18615137
Publisher: Tyndale
Published: 2010-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

First thing the next morning, I made my way through the fields, colored pink by the light of dawn, on my way to Luke’s house. I hadn’t slept a wink the night before, tied up as I was by thoughts of Gemma’s leaving. It had been discussed the night before that Gemma and Tal wanted a wedding with little fanfare, and it was to happen in just a couple weeks. I wondered what all the hurry was, but I knew there wasn’t any good reason for them not to. If any two people had been cut out of matching cloth by God, it was those two. They were the same in thinking and believing, and I’d known from the second they’d met, there wasn’t much question they’d make each other happy till the day they died.

But that didn’t mean I was happy about it, and the dark circles under my eyes made my feelings good and clear to anyone. Luke was already hard at work, but the second he saw me, he let his chisel drop with a clatter and came to meet me.

He didn’t greet me, only took my face in his hands and stared into my eyes. “Somethin’s wrong.”

I shrugged. “Depends on who you’re talkin’ to.”

“I’m talkin’ to you.”

I slid from his grasp and wandered over to the bureau he was working on, tugging the door open to look inside. “It’s beautiful.”

“Jessie, you’re avoidin’ the subject.”

I ran my hand down the smooth edge of the door, then closed it gently and turned toward him with a sigh. “Gemma’s gettin’ married.”

He stuck his hands in his pockets and leaned against the tree where my swing sat motionless in the still, wet heat. “I figured that’d happen soon enough.”

“Well, so did I, but . . .”

“That don’t make it easier to swallow.”

The sudden lump in my throat took away my ability to talk, and I replied with a shake of my head.

He walked over to me and slid a hand under my chin. “She’ll still be here for you, Jessie. You know that.”

I couldn’t look at him. I nodded my head halfway and then buried my face in his shoulder. His arms slid around me, and I rested there as I had so many other times in my life. And just like so many other times in my life, he whispered in my ear that everything would be okay.

He let me rest against him for a few minutes and then gave my hair a playful tug. “Reckon you’ll be a maid of honor, huh? All dolled up in some nutty dress with ruffles all over it.”

I dried my tearstained cheek against his shirt and tipped my head up in defiance. “I’ll do no such thing. She even tries, I’ll pin her ears back.”

“Oh, there’ll be some pinnin’, all right. They’ll be pinnin’ flowers on you, pinnin’ baby’s breath in your hair—”

“Stop it.”

“Before you know it, you’ll look like Dolly Gooch.”

I shoved my knuckles into his ribs. “Don’t you start with me, Luke Talley.

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