Montana Sky: Mail Order Marvel (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2016-07-25T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

It wasn’t long before Coral had the house exactly as she wanted it. All the windows had been scrubbed clean, and there were new curtains hanging from them. On Friday morning, she made lunch for Jack and sent him off to school, and then she did the breakfast dishes before walking over to see Esther.

It was a longer walk than she’d realized, and it made her wish she’d ridden over, but she didn’t mind too terribly much. It gave her time to think about her marriage and Jack’s proposition to her.

The night before he’d come home with flowers in his hand, a sweet gesture. She had fussed over the flowers and tucked them into a glass to put in the center of the table. She had found poems written out in his hand throughout the house. Not poems he had written, of course, but poems he had taken the time to copy from some of the great poets. She was starting to feel like he really might care for her.

When she finally reached her sister’s house, she knocked on the door, hoping Esther hadn’t left for the day. Her sister opened the door wide and cried out as she grabbed her in a hug. “You’re just the person I needed to see today!”

Coral smiled. “What can I help you with?”

“It’s not just that I need help with something, you know. I’m genuinely happy to see you.” Esther waved her hand toward the table. “Sit! Sit!”

Coral took a seat, and smiled at her sister, who looked slightly frazzled. “Is marriage easier with me gone?” she asked softly.

Esther sighed, sitting down across from her sister. “I hope we didn’t make you feel unwelcome.”

Coral shrugged. “I understood why you didn’t want me here. I don’t know how my marriage would be if you were living with me.” She smiled, letting Esther know she really did understand the problems she’d caused.

“How is marriage for you? Is he a good man?”

Coral nodded emphatically. “A very good man. He actually seems to like my—strangeness.”

“Your strangeness? Don’t speak in riddles, Coral. I always get confused when you do that.”

Coral wanted to laugh. She hadn’t seen Esther in a week and it was as if they’d only been apart five minutes. “I’m sorry. He likes it that I’m good at—so many things.”

Esther rolled her eyes. “That you’re good at everything, you mean? You scare me sometimes. I’m glad you’ve always been on my side, because I really wouldn’t want you for an enemy.”

Coral bit her lip to keep from laughing at her sister’s words. Jack’s easy acceptance of what she considered her greatest weakness helped her see the humor in other people’s fear of her. “Why were you so glad to see me this morning?”

Esther sighed. “I was trying to bake a cake. I’ve thrown out four already. I’m going to go through all the sugar and flour we have trying to make one dessert for my husband.”

“I can help you with that. You should have just come over to get help.

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