First Impressions: An Amish Tale of Pride & Prejudice (The Amish Classics Book 1) by Sarah Price

Author:Sarah Price [Price, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Denominations & Sects, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Amish Christianity, Pennsylvania Dutch, Traditional, Clean Romance, Farming & Animals, Simple Living, Plain Clothes, Mennonite, Buggy Travel, Amish Country, Amish Courting, Old Fashion Ways, German Language, Hearts Desire, Bible Teaching, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, The Amish Classics, Pride & Prejudice
Publisher: Realms
Published: 2014-05-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

TO LIZZIE’S GREAT relief, she saw very little of Wilmer during his final days staying at the Blank farm. In fact, most mornings he was gone before she had returned to the house following morning chores, and quite often, she was already asleep upon his return in the late evening. Where he went, she never once inquired. To be perfectly honest, she frankly did not care as to where he escaped.

As the week progressed, there was no word from Charles Beachey or his sister. Since the Blanks had a phone on their farm, it was not unreasonable for Jane to expect a message, explaining his absence and updating her on the condition of his daed. After all, they were special friends, and it had been suspected that a fall wedding was imminent.

After four days had passed with no word, Jane began to withdraw into herself. Lizzie was the first to notice. Jane began to linger around the barn where the phone was kept. She offered to help sweep the dairy and even took to milking the cows. And her eyes continually drifted to the machine near the telephone as if willing it to blink red, indicating the presence of a message.

Additionally they were all quietly surprised that no letter arrived from Carol Ann, the self-professed friend of Jane. It was a common practice among the Amish, especially those who lived farther away, to write letters to each other. In fact, in the evening there was always a letter or two to write so that in the morning it could be taken to the mailbox. Telephones were not meant for socializing, just important news that could not wait. So letter writing was still in great practice among the different church districts.

Jane finally broke down and wrote a letter to Carol Ann. Lizzie had frowned while her older sister spent a painful hour, writing and then rewriting the missive. Reluctantly, for Lizzie could almost guess how this was going to play out, she took the letter to the mailbox the following day and pushed the little red flag up so that the mailman would know to stop and pick up the letter.

On Saturday two surprises occurred, almost simultaneously.

First was an unexpected visit by Charlotte. It was unusual for her to visit the Blank farm as she ran the family farm stand on Saturdays during the busy tourist season. When Lizzie saw her friend come down the lane, using her foot scooter, she immediately presumed something had happened and hurried in her direction.

“Charlotte!” she cried as she approached. “Wie gehts? Is everything all right?”

Charlotte avoided looking at Lizzie’s eyes but nodded her head, reassuring her friend with a simple “Ja, ja, everything is right gut.”

“You scared me!” Lizzie said with a light laugh, pressing her hand to her chest. “I can’t remember ever seeing you visit on a Saturday in the summer. I was quite afraid you had some bad news to share.”

“Ja, vell,” Charlotte began. “That’s just the thing . . .

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