Liz Tolsma by Snow on the Tulips

Author:Snow on the Tulips [Tulips, Snow on the]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Gerrit prayed that he may truly believe the words he uttered.

Together they chorused, “Amen.”

After each had finished the meal, they headed to prepare for the arrival of the German soldiers.

CHAPTER 21

Gerrit stood in the attic with Cornelia, cardboard boxes and old leather trunks scattered around the finished room. They had stashed Johan in his hiding place and now Gerrit’s turn had come. He flexed his shoulder. This wouldn’t be painless, but at least he didn’t have to be underground like her brother.

She wrung her apron. Her gaze darted around the perimeter of the room. She looked like a child lost on the street.

Gerrit’s heart broke for her. Not able to help himself, not sure if he would ever get another chance, he swept her into his arms, pulling her close until her heart beat against his ribs. He inhaled her scent. How could she smell like roses when there wasn’t perfumed soap with which to wash?

She quivered under his touch as he played with the small tendrils of hair not caught in her pins.

“Shh,” he whispered against her neck.

She clung to him and he etched this memory into his brain, forever seared in his recollections as one of the loveliest moments of his life. He didn’t want to leave her.

“Cornelia.” The name swirled on his tongue, sweet as the sugar on olliebollen.

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