Reforming Elizabeth (American Homespun Book 2) by Lorin Grace

Author:Lorin Grace [Grace, Lorin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Currant Creek Books
Published: 2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

The terrible sounds of Mina’s fall echoed through the little house. Elizabeth ran from her room and dropped the papers she’d gathered when she saw Aunt Mina lying at the bottom of the stairs.

The scent of witch hazel drifted up from the broken bottle next to her aunt’s still form. Elizabeth flew down the stairs, ignoring the feeble protests of her own bruises. “Aunt Mina! Aunt Mina!”

Blood oozed from a gash in her aunt’s forehead. Elizabeth pressed the witch-hazel-soaked cloth to the wound to try to stop the bleeding.

“Help! Oh, help!” But there was no one to hear her feeble request. Not even God. Would God ever listen to her after today?

A horse neighed. Jordan!

Elizabeth patted the shoulder of her unconscious aunt and dashed out the kitchen door.

“Help!” Her volume increased at the cost of clarity. She threw open the barn door and yelled again.

Gideon took two strides to reach her and held her by the shoulders. “What’s wrong? Is Butler here?”

“No!” It was hard to get the words out through her swollen mouth. She stepped out of his hold, grabbed his hand, and tried to pull him to the house, but he stood there as if confused.

“Aunt Mina fell!” she finally yelled, giving one more tug.

When Gideon realized what had happened, he began pulling her to the open kitchen door. Together they ran into the house. Mina’s inert form remained at the bottom of the stairs. Gideon beat Elizabeth to her side.

Elizabeth started to kneel down when Gideon’s hand shot out. “Glass!”

Shards of the witch-hazel bottle littered the floor. Seeing she couldn’t get close to her aunt, Elizabeth did the next best thing. She grabbed the broom and cleaned up the mess. After all, cleaning was what Aunt Mina would have her do.

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