Driftwood Dreams by T.I. Lowe

Author:T.I. Lowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance / General, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2020-06-02T00:00:00+00:00

15

Josie scanned the dining room table scattered with the tissue paper flowers she’d prepared for Sunday school. “Her children arise and call her blessed” was written on the leaves. She’d been working on folding them yesterday when Carter knocked on the door to deliver a serving of his hogwash, which sent her dashing out to go help August.

Still aggravated over yesterday’s epic fail, she began packing the flowers into a tote bag and made the mistake of glancing in the mirror behind the dining table. Puffy eyes and a red nose reflected back at her, showing off that she’d spent most of the night in tears. She was missing her mom, worried about her dad, and apprehensive about allowing August any closer.

She glared at the mirror and muttered, “You can check that last part off the list.” August dismissing her yesterday was like a punch to the stomach. She’d been naive to think that he’d just keep putting up with her flightiness. “Serves you right.”

A tapping echoed through the house. Josie took in her blotchy skin and tangled hair and debated on whether to answer the door or ignore it altogether. When she couldn’t work the knots out of her hair by brushing her fingers through it, she chose to ignore the visitor and keep packing the supplies for class while mentally reviewing the Friday and Saturday work schedule. She had the lunch shift today and had to place inventory orders afterward, so the rest of the day would require her to get her act together. She actually had Saturday off, and that should have been a relief, but it left her feeling unsettled. Her dad was cutting her hours and that was something else that needed to be addressed if she could make the ornery man get still long enough to discuss it.

The persistent tapping wouldn’t stop and so after a few more minutes, Josie gave in and cracked the door open enough to catch a glimpse of who was standing on her porch.

Dominica smiled and held up a basket. “I come bearing apologies.”

“You’re not who I expected,” Josie mumbled, not having a clue who to expect anymore. Her door had picked up on the visitor roster lately. “But you don’t have anything to apologize for. It’s your fibbing weasel of a husband’s fault.” She tried to sound mean, but when Dominica’s golden-brown eyes twinkled and she started giggling, the meanness disappeared.

“True. Carter tends to pull one over on people. He’s even done it to me a time or two.” She held up the basket again. “But the stinker felt so bad about it that he had a very special lady whip these up especially for you. They’re still warm.” Dominica pulled the blue gingham napkin back to reveal a bounty of golden nuggets of goodness.

“What do you have there?” Josie leaned in and stole a whiff of the sweet and spicy aroma. She knew they were apple fritters from one of the ladies from church who was famous for her homemade donuts.

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