Liam by Cynthia Woolf

Author:Cynthia Woolf
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firehouse Publishing
Published: 2014-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

When they arrived at the cabin, both children came running.

“We thought you’d never get here,” said David, as he ran alongside the wagon.

Liam pulled to a stop, set the brake and climbed down. He came around to Eleanor’s side and helped her down while David held the horses.

“Son, will you take the horses to the barn and unharness them, please?”

“Sure will.” David climbed up on the bench, released the brake and flicked the reins. The team headed to the barn with the boy driving them.

Eleanor was always amazed by how grown up he was. Both of Liam’s children were wonderful. Out of all her pupils, they were her favorites and not just because she was marrying their father. Though she wasn’t supposed to have favorites, she did. Some of her students were a handful. Misbehaving and loud, refusing to mind her or do their homework. And their parents were not much better. It was true that the acorn didn’t fall far from the tree.

“Eleanor?” Liam’s voice brought her mind back to the present.

“Yes.”

“Shall we go inside? I’m sure Becky’s waiting. She’s been very excited about your visit. She was baking cookies last night after supper, just for today.”

“Oh, how nice. She must remember that I have a sweet tooth.”

“I’ll say. Those boxes of chocolates seem to go over well with you.” He winked at her.

She felt herself blush. “Chocolates are my favorite. Though in all fairness, I do share them with my students and my father. He has a liking for them as well.”

Liam took her elbow, “Here let me help you.” He guided her across the uneven ground to the front porch of the cabin.

It really was a lovely little place. There were two good sized windows on either side of the door and one in the door itself. They would let in the sunshine, so different from living in the tent where the only light came from the open flap or a kerosene lamp. It would be wonderful. She was already looking forward to living here.

Someone, she suspected Becky, had planted flowers in two plots, one on either side of the path to the porch. Two steps led to the wide porch on which sat a swing and two rocking chairs. Eleanor could picture her and Liam sitting in the swing on a warm summer night, watching the kids play in the yard. Or better yet, holding hands and maybe doing a little kissing after the children had gone to bed. She smiled.

“What has you smiling, my dear?” asked Liam.

She felt herself blush at being caught daydreaming, but said “I was just imagining our life together here. I like the cabin very much.”

“You haven’t even seen the inside yet, how can you like it?”

“It’s wonderful. You have windows and a porch and a swing. It’s all I could ask for.”

He laughed. “I didn’t know you were going to be so easy to please.”

She wrapped her arm around the crook in his elbow and leaned into him. “You’d be amazed at how little it takes to make me happy.

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