Rebecca's Heart by Lisa Harris

Author:Lisa Harris [Harris, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62029-227-3
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2006-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

nine

Trying to concentrate on the final seam of the colorful quilt top, Rebecca pushed the needle into the cream-colored fabric and winced as the sharp end jabbed her index finger. A tiny pool of blood soaked through the center of the material, ruining the square.

She let out a sigh of frustration then carefully ripped off the spoiled square. While it wasn’t yet her usual hour to retire for the evening, she knew she needed to stop. The sun that had filtered light into her bedroom for the past two hours had now slipped below the horizon, so she turned up the wick slightly on the kerosene lamp. For a week she’d thrown herself into her work. During the day she ran the shop’s showroom and worked on slipcover orders. By night she sewed diligently to transform the boxes of scraps into colorful quilt tops that would grace the beds of the orphans this winter.

With the involvement of Mrs. Hutton, as well as a half dozen other women from church, they’d already managed to complete five quilts for the children, leaving another fifteen to make. With the cold-weather months upon them, they couldn’t afford to fall behind on the project. If only she wasn’t so tired.

Yawning, she folded the quilt top then set it on the small table beside her bed. Agnes had been thrilled to hear about the upcoming donations for the children in her care, but despite the excitement she felt about the project, Rebecca still couldn’t shake the restlessness inside.

Staying busy wasn’t helping at all. By next week her work for Mrs. Hutton would be complete, but she had plenty of other orders that needed to be finished. Still, it seemed that as much as she tried to stay occupied, she couldn’t erase the image in her mind of her last moments with Luke.

As they’d stood at the edge of the widow’s walk facing the ocean, she’d been sure he was going to ask her one last time to wait for him. And at that moment, despite her earlier hesitations, she would have said yes. But instead he pulled her into his arms and kissed her, proving to her how much she was losing. When she pulled away and looked into his eyes, she knew he wasn’t going to ask her to wait.

He’d only been thinking of her, and he’d been right in his decision. But being right didn’t fill the emptiness in her heart. Not marrying Jake had been her decision. In the end she’d faced the situation head-on, knowing that what she was doing was best despite the fact it had been painful to let him go. With Luke things were different. It had never been her choice to end things between them, especially when she’d decided to open her heart again and take a chance on finding love.

Rebecca shoved back the chair she’d been working in then walked to the open window. Outside the moon shone brightly in the darkening sky, competing with the hundreds of stars that were making their nightly appearance.

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