Forever Yours by Ruth Ann Nordin

Author:Ruth Ann Nordin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“When they say August has the hottest days, they aren’t kidding,” Dave’s pa said as he waved the fan in front of his face. “It doesn’t help that there’s no breeze. Even sitting in the shade on the porch doesn’t help.”

Dave tried not to shift again in the chair even though his leg was itching in the splint. “I’m just looking forward to being out of this splint.”

The first thing he was going to do when he got the thing off was scratch every inch of his leg. Joel had warned him he would start to itch once the healing was almost done, but Dave hadn’t expected it to itch this much. He had trouble sleeping or sitting still. It was hard to concentrate on anything these days. He only had one more week to go. One more week, and he could finally take the thing off for good.

“Well, I have to say you did a great job of keeping that thing on,” his pa said. “I know it wasn’t easy for you to sit around all day. Even if you didn’t run all over the place like Tom and Joel did, you liked to keep busy.”

“Yes, it hasn’t been easy to do nothing. I don’t know how some people do it.”

“Not many people do. Even in New York, people worked from sunup to sundown in the factory. I’d rather be out here than back there. Moving to Omaha was the best decision I ever made.” After a moment, he asked, “Do you miss New York?”

“No. I like it here. I can’t imagine doing anything but farming.” From the moment his family arrived on the homestead, Dave knew he was going to own his own farm someday. It might not have been something Richard, Sally, Jenny, or Joel wanted, but it was something he and Tom enjoyed.

Isaac came running up to the porch and went over to them. His hands were cupped around something. “Guess what I found?”

“A frog?” Dave guessed since that was mostly what Isaac caught.

“No. A bird.” He opened his hands to a wounded bird that chirped.

Dave’s father put the fan down and held out his hands. “Let me see him.”

Isaac gently placed the bird in his hands, and he inspected him. “It looks like he broke his wing.”

“Can you heal him?” Isaac asked.

“I’m sure there’s something I can do.” He stood up. “Dave, you got anything to support a little wing?”

“Check the barn,” Dave replied. “I might have something on the shelf above the barrels.”

“Alright. Let’s go, Isaac.” Dave’s pa headed down the porch steps.

“Be careful with Richie,” Isaac called out after him. “I don’t want him to get any more hurt than he is.”

“Richie?” Dave asked in surprise.

Isaac turned back to Dave. “Sure. I named him after Uncle Richard. He’s going to make something of himself just like Uncle Richard did.”

Before Dave could respond, Isaac was running off for the barn with his grandpa. Dave watched after him in disbelief. Just how long was

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