Love Inspired March 2014 - Bundle 2 of 2: North Country Family\Small-Town Midwife\Protecting the Widow's Heart by Lois Richer

Author:Lois Richer [RICHER, LOIS/C. GORDON AND LORRAINE BEATTY, JEAN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4603-3255-9
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2014-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Jon filched one of the chocolate chip cookies Nana had baked for the singles group meeting this afternoon and left the plate covered on the kitchen counter. In the two weeks since she’d arrived, he’d gotten no further in knowing why she’d entrenched herself at his house or when she might be planning to leave. She changed the subject whenever he brought it or his grandfather up. The fact that she’d bought herself a car this week at the dealer in Ticonderoga said her departure probably wasn’t imminent. The only word he’d gotten from the rest of his family were two terse voice mail messages, one from his father and one from his grandfather, telling him to make Nana go home. As if that was something he could readily do.

He leaned against the counter and finished his cookie, enjoying being alone for a while. Nana had stayed after church service for an impromptu meeting of the Hazardtown Community Church’s women’s group. Her getting involved at church was another signal that she planned to stay awhile. It wasn’t that he minded sharing the house with Nana per se, but he was used to living alone and doing things his way. He knew she didn’t do it on purpose, but at times, she made him feel twelve years old.

The wall phone rang, and he pushed away from the counter to reach over and answer it. “Hello.”

“Jon, this is Becca. I hate to do this at the last minute, but I’m going to have to cancel on the meeting. My daughter has been sick to her stomach since we got home from church.”

“What are her symptoms? Does she have diarrhea? There have been a couple of cases of E. coli at the Saranac Lake medical center.”

“More likely a sugar-overload tummy ache. When I wasn’t looking, she had a second piece of cake at coffee hour.”

“If she’s not feeling better tomorrow, you may want to take her to your doctor. You can’t be too careful.”

“I’m sure she’ll be fine. I feel bad that I have to cancel after you had that birth last Sunday, and we had to put off the Bible study launch until today. I know Autumn’s put a lot of effort into getting our group up and going. The couples group is a lot larger.”

“Mommy! Ari threw up on the chair.” Becca’s son’s voice came over the phone.

“I have to go. Bye.”

He hoped Becca was right about it being nothing more than too much cake. E. coli was more likely to cause diarrhea than vomiting. But even simple illnesses could lead to serious complications. His throat tightened. As had happened with Angie. He shook off the weight settling on his shoulders. Angie had been on his mind too much the past few days, ever since he’d received the literature from Help for Haiti that he wanted to share with the group today.

A knock on the front door drew him into the living room. Autumn stood on the other side of the screen door smiling.

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