More Than a Marriage by Amy Lillard

Author:Amy Lillard [Lillard, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-01-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“Tell me again what happened.”

Jacob shook his head. He didn’t think telling Obie again would help. He wasn’t even sure why he took the time off from work to come over here and talk to the man. “I told her that I understood. That I knew Amish women were trying to gain a little more independence. That she had proved her point and it was time to come back home.”

“And this was after you kissed her?”

“Jah.”

Obie whistled low through his teeth. “What made you think that was a good idea?”

Jacob frowned. “I thought that’s what women wanted. Someone who understood. I was trying to be understanding.”

Obie gave a small chuckle. “It seems to me all you did was make her madder.”

He couldn’t argue with that. “Where are the women now?”

“Clara Rose convinced Tess to ride into town with her and look for material for new dresses.”

Jacob nodded. That was a surefire way to get women into town. They loved looking at material. He knew Tess could stand for hours to pick out the right shade of blue. He didn’t pretend to understand it, but he acknowledged it as a fact. Surely that was something in his favor.

“I guess I better get going before she sees me here.”

“How are you guys going to be together if you avoid her?”

“I don’t know.” He didn’t have the faintest idea about anything these days. One day his marriage was fine, solid and growing, and the next thing he knew his wife was storming out, determined to move back to her family in Clarita. More than anything, he wanted to get her home before church on Sunday. But it was certain it had already gone through the grapevine of rumors and gossip throughout the entire settlement in Wells Landing. Everyone would know by now that Tess was staying with Clara Rose and Obie. And if everyone knew, he was certain his parents knew as well. It wouldn’t be long before his dat came to talk to him and give him advice. He could well imagine what that would be. His father was a bit old-fashioned. He would tell Jacob to get his woman and bring her home. Even though Tess had sworn up and down that this had nothing to do with her play at independence, he knew that telling her to come back home now would only make her stay gone longer.

“When did women get so complicated?” Jacob asked.

Obie clapped him on the shoulder in a gesture of sympathetic friendship. “Soon as you get married, that’s when everything changes.”

* * *

“All I’m saying is you shouldn’t be hasty.” Clara Rose cast a quick look over her right shoulder, snagging Tess’s gaze. All Tess wanted to do was go home. She hated this feeling of limbo, somewhere in between being married and going home. Plus, she didn’t want to put Obie and Clara Rose out any more than necessary.

“I’m not being hasty. I’m just trying to surround myself with people who support me.”

“And Jacob

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