Patchwork Perfect by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2015-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

ELI WAS SURE HE’D NEVER EATEN SO MUCH IN ONE DAY, and he’d surely never had noodles and cheese that came from a box. Gracie had tapped him on the arm and nodded to the empty box when Miriam wasn’t looking. Eli forced himself to take a few bites. It was awful, but Grace ate most of her serving.

“I’m sorry it’s not a better meal, but I didn’t know I’d have company for supper,” Miriam said, smiling. Eli wondered if her house was tidier when she was expecting visitors.

“Danki for asking me to stay.” Eli would have preferred to go home, but Gracie wanted to stay. And now that he was here, he was having a hard time keeping his eyes off of Miriam. He’d never had a woman shoot him down so fast. Eli knew he was no expert when it came to dating, but her rejection had left him wondering if there was something outwardly wrong with him. He tried to clear his thoughts. It had gone from a wonderful afternoon with Ruth to a terrible time with Elizabeth. But when Eli had finally left Elizabeth, she’d stopped crying. They’d both decided she wasn’t ready for any type of courtship yet, a decision that would make it easy for Eli to move forward with Ruth, especially since they’d set another date before saying good-bye earlier. Ruth wanted Eli to come for lunch again next Saturday. And he would meet her four children.

Grace laughed out loud, which caught Eli’s attention. She and Miriam had been chatting about quilts, and Eli hadn’t heard most of what was said. But as he eyed his daughter, such merriment shining in her eyes, he tuned in to their conversation.

“So the Englisch lady wanted the entire quilt to have shoes on it? All different ones?”

“Ya. She loved shoes and she had many, many pairs.” Miriam shook her head. “Can you imagine? So wasteful, but she paid a gut sum of money for me to make her the quilt.”

Grace chuckled again. “Nee, I can’t imagine. I wish I could have seen that.”

Miriam tapped her finger to her chin for a few seconds, then she glanced at Eli before excusing herself. “Be right back.”

After Miriam was out of earshot, Grace raised an eyebrow and said, “How were your dates?”

Eli shrugged. “One was gut. The other . . . not so gut.”

“So, who was the winner? Elizabeth or Ruth?”

“Ach, it’s not really about being a winner because neither one of them is a loser.”

“You picked Ruth, didn’t you?” Grace slouched into her chair.

“It’s not about picking, but ya, I think Ruth and I are better suited to each other. And Elizabeth isn’t really ready to date. She wants to be ready, to get on with her life, but she is still grieving.”

“If you’re going to insist on dating, it’s too bad you can’t date Miriam.” Grace stretched her neck and looked around the corner, apparently to see if Miriam was coming.

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