Love's Unfolding Dream by Janette Oke

Author:Janette Oke
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2010-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

Much later than their parents had anticipated, Luke and Belinda turned in from the road. Marty had been frequently checking out the kitchen window, her eyes scanning for any sign of them. It was with great relief she saw Luke’s team of blacks coming up the lane.

Luke came in with Belinda, though the hour was getting late.

Marty met them at the door, the questions showing in her eyes. It was evident from the extreme weariness of both her offspring that something unexpected had faced them at the farm home.

“It wasn’t just a break,” Luke informed her quietly.

“Ya like a cup of hot tea and a sandwich?” Marty asked him.

“That would be nice,” said Luke, and he shrugged out of his coat, then unwrapped the blanket Belinda had clutched about her.

“Ya be needin’ me, Ma?” asked Belinda in a weary voice.

“No. No, guess not,” Marty responded, then cast a glance Luke’s direction.

“I think I’ll go on up to bed, then,” said the young girl.

“Don’t ya want somethin’ to eat?”

“No. Thank ya, Ma. I’m not hungry. Jest awful tired.”

Luke’s eyes told Marty to let her go.

Marty pulled Belinda close for a moment and then kissed her on the forehead. Belinda looked like she was glad for the comfort of her mother’s arms and gave a weary smile.

Marty reminded her that Melissa was staying overnight with Amy Jo, so she’d be able to get to bed and rest right away. Belinda didn’t look like she would be up to answering any questions.

Luke pulled out a chair and sat down at the table. Clark joined him but shook his head no at Marty’s offer of a cup of tea. Marty busied herself at the stove and cupboard and soon had a roast beef sandwich, made with thick slices of homemade bread and farm butter, to set before her weary son. She poured two cups of tea and sat down to join him.

“I take it this was a tough one,” Clark was saying.

Luke nodded his head. “ ’Bout the worse thing I’ve seen yet.”

“Not a break, ya said.”

“Crushed. Crushed beyond recognition.”

“Did Belinda—?” began Marty, but Luke stopped her question with his hand.

“I told her to stay out, but she came in anyway. Said I might need her help.” He swallowed a sip of the hot tea and sat silent for a minute. “I did. I sure did. I don’t know what I’d have done without her.”

“She could . . . could face it?”

“At first she nearly passed out . . . I saw that. But she fought against it, and she helped through the entire surgery. Did everything just like I asked her. She was a real brick about it. I was proud of her.”

Marty shuddered and pushed back her cup. She did not want the tea after all. In her mind’s eye she was seeing again the crushed leg of her husband.

“She’s made of good stuff, that kid of yours,” Luke was saying, and there was pride in his voice.

“Ya don’t think it was too much fer her?” asked Clark.

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