Plain Pursuit by Beth Wiseman

Author:Beth Wiseman [Wiseman, Beth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, ebook, book, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9781595547194
Amazon: B003UHUBLS
Goodreads: 6069124
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

13

CARLEY FINISHED HER COFFEE OUTSIDE IN THE HOSPITAL courtyard then ventured back up to David’s room. Getting out of the building for a few minutes had helped, but the red Chevy continued to lurk nearby, along with the expression on her mother’s face when she’d looked at Carley for the last time.

Carley was anxious to hear if Rebecca’s or Ivan’s kidney was a match for David, so she tried to focus on her friend’s needs. When she did, her own issues waned a tad, and she was able to endure the hospital smells and memories.

She returned to find Ivan, Rebecca, and Sarah Jane sitting in chairs and glued to the television, along with an older Amish man she’d never met. David wasn’t in his bed, and Lillian and Samuel were gone.

“Where are David, Lillian, and Samuel?” she asked as Noah trailed in behind her.

“Lillian and Samuel went with David to have an echocardiogram,” Rebecca said. Guilt swept across her face at being caught watching the forbidden TV. The elderly man merely commented on the woman in the toothpaste commercial.

“She’s a mite too skinny,” he said. “She’d be gut to fatten up before they put her back on the television.” He pushed his straw hat up slightly and took in Carley. “You must be Carley, no?”

“Yes, sir.” Carley extended her hand to him and he latched on, glancing at Noah. “And I reckon you’re the wayward bruder?”

“Pop, stop it,” Sarah Jane reprimanded. “Carley and Noah, this is my father, Jonas. Lillian’s grandpa.”

“Pleased to meet you, sir,” Noah said. He offered his hand to Jonas.

Without hesitation, the man firmly took hold. “You don’t look like such a baremlich man to me.” He arched his brows as if waiting for confirmation from Noah.

“Depends on who you ask,” Noah said as he shrugged, then glanced at his brother and sister. Ivan wouldn’t look his way, and Rebecca fiddled with the string on her black apron.

“Well, I don’t reckon I’d ask those two, then,” Jonas said. He cut his eyes in Ivan and Rebecca’s direction.

“Pop!” Lillian’s mother snapped. “Stop it.”

Jonas sat up a little straighter. “I think all you people need to lighten up a bit.”

Sarah Jane scolded her father with her eyes. Carley stifled a smile. What a free-spirited character this man was, so unlike the Amish men she’d met so far.

“That includes you, Sarah Jane Miller,” Jonas added. He lifted his chin toward his daughter, who rolled her eyes and shook her head.

“Rebecca and Ivan, did you find out your blood type?” Noah asked.

Rebecca turned toward Ivan as if seeking permission to speak to Noah.

Ivan folded his arms across his chest and said, “Rebecca and me are neither one a gut match to give a kidney to David.”

“Oh no,” Carley sighed.

Before anyone could comment, the door to David’s room swung open and two doctors entered, one of whom was Dr. Bolton. He introduced the other as Dr. Lukeman.

Noah seemed to tense up when he saw Samuel and Lillian walk in behind the two doctors.

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