Love Comes Softly 05 - Loves Unending Legacy by Janette Oke

Author:Janette Oke [Oke, Janette]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Romance, Fiction, Modern fiction, General & Literary Fiction, Religious & spiritual fiction, Davis family (Fictitious characters : Oke), Christian - Romance, Christian, Family Life, Christian fiction, Davis family (Fictitious chara, Domestic fiction, Davis family (Fictitious characters: Oke), Historical, Romance - General, Fiction - Religious, Media Tie-In, Romance & Sagas, Religious - General, Accident victims, Religious
ISBN: 9780764228520
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2004.
Published: 2004-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

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managed a wobbly smile. Nobody could be quite as excited at the prospect of a new baby as Clare and Kate were.

Ellie's thoughts continued with her brother Luke's leaving. Her mama's baby. At least for so many, many years, Luke was the baby, though his time with that position was quickly coming to an end. Ellie had seen just how hard it was for Marty to let Luke go. And close behind Luke's leaving was the marriage of Arnie. And Arnie was always so anxious to get home to his Anne that he scarcely had time for even a hello anymore. Ellie loved Arnie and was touched by his love for his Anne. When--or if--Ellie ever had the joy of being someone's wife, she hoped someone would feel the same way about her.

Again Ellie's thoughts turned to Lane, and the tears continued to stream down her cheeks. She loved him. Oh, how she loved him! How proud she would be to be the wife of such a man. But she couldn't; she just couldn't. It would be more than she could ever bring upon her mother. To ask her to lose another daughter to the West would be too much. Ellie would never do such a thing.

She fumbled with the latch to the barn door and heard excited yelps. Already the dogs were ready to greet her. She let herself in and carefully hung the lantern on the hook by the door before allowing herself to respond to their wild greeting.

"Oh, Rex," she sobbed, taking the nearly grown Rex into her arms and pulling him close. The dog seemed to sense that something was troubling her, and instead of his usual frenzied play, he crowded up against her, softly licking her tear-wet cheek. A low whine escaped him.

"Oh, Rex," she said again, the tears running more freely. "He's soon goin' back. He's goin' back west, an' I may never see 'im again. Never." Ellie buried her head against the fur of the only friend with whom she felt she could share her burden and cried out all her sorrow.

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