Plain Perfect by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman [Wiseman, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, ebook, book, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781607515029
Google: b5Y9XRluQwgC
Amazon: 1607515024
Goodreads: 4114427
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2008-04-14T14:00:00+00:00

“Hi, Mom,” Lillian said. She’d retrieved her cell phone and headed back to the barn without Grandma’s knowledge.

“Lillian, what a surprise. Is everything okay?”

“Yeah, everything is fine.”

“I know you’re probably wondering about the money, Lillian. I had it all ready to put in the mail to you, and I—”

“It doesn’t matter, Mom,” she interrupted. “I want to talk to you about something else.”

“What’s that?”

“Who’s Daniel Foster?”

The line was silent so long, Lillian wondered if her mother was still on the other end. “Mom?”

“Yes, I’m here.”

“I found the newspapers in the barn. I read his columns, and I saw where you wrote—”

“Lillian!” her mother interrupted hastily. “I don’t know where you’re going with this, but just leave it alone.”

Her mom’s voice was quivering, and Lillian knew she’d hit the nail on the head. “He’s my father, isn’t he?” She knew her tone was demanding, but she’d been denied any knowledge about her father because her mother had refused to discuss it, always saying she just didn’t know who he was. Lies. All lies. She knew exactly who he was.

“Is he why you left Lancaster County? Is he, Mom? I have a right to know who my own father is. It’s him, isn’t it?” She realized her voice rose to a near yell.

“Lillian. Please let this go.” Her mom was crying, but Lillian pushed on. She felt it was her right to know.

“Mother,” she said sharply. “You said you never knew who my father was. If you covered this up for all these years . . . That is so wrong. You owe me this.”

“I was young, Lillian. I was just so young.” She was crying full force now.

Lillian softened her tone. “Mom, please. Please tell me. I’m trying so hard to start a new life. I’m trying so hard to find answers and fill the voids. This is part of the process for me. You have wonderful parents. You can’t deny me the right to even know who my father is.” Her own tears began to flow as she realized she needed to know, but at the same time was afraid to know.

“DNA does not make a person a parent, Lillian.”

Confirmation. “Oh, Mom. So Daniel Foster is my father.”

“Yes.”

Lillian grabbed her chest, sure that her heart was going to leap through her skin. “Why didn’t you ever tell me?”

When her mother didn’t answer, Lillian went on. “Is that why you left Lancaster County? You were pregnant with me? Why didn’t you tell someone? It would have been hard, but I don’t think Grandma and Grandpa would have—”

“Shunned me?” her mother interjected with a sharp tone. “No, Lillian. They would not have shunned me in the traditional sense because I wasn’t baptized. But I was eighteen years old, and I had premarital sex with an Englisch man. Reprimanding by the community would have been equally as harsh as a shunning. I couldn’t have stayed. The embarrassment for your grandparents . . . I just couldn’t stay. It was best to leave and never say anything.

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