RNWMP_Bride For Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne

Author:Kirsten Osbourne [Osbourne, Kirsten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: historical romance, Women's Fiction, Victorian, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Hearts Desire, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Canadian Mounties, Law Enforcement, Action & Adventure, Security & Safety, romantic suspense, Lawman, Mail Order Mounties Series, Mail-Order Brides, Mountie Matchmaker, Royal Northwest Mounted Police, Animals & Horses, 20th Century, Western Romance, Novella Length Story, short story, Multi-Author
Publisher: Unlimited Dreams Publishing
Published: 2018-01-25T05:00:00+00:00

6

Going to the church service on Sunday morning and listening to her husband preach was very odd for Madelyn. He preached about the ideal marriage and each person’s place in that marriage. She thought for a moment that he wasn’t fulfilling his role as a husband, but then she dismissed the thought as unfair.

Millie sat snuggled into her right side, and Mary snuggled into her left. She saw all of the women who had traveled to White Fox with her and married the other Mounties. She looked around at them, wondering how their new marriages were going, saying a silent prayer for each of them.

Colleen sat with her back straight, almost too straight to Madelyn’s way of thinking, beside her new husband, Marshall. Ida had Lily on one side of her and Andrew on the other. Callie still seemed to have a confused look on her face, as if she was trying to figure out how she’d ended up in Manitoba with Peter. All the men wore their dress uniforms and looked handsome, but none of the others looked nearly as handsome as her Bert, who stood in front of them all with his Bible in his hands.

After the service, Madelyn walked over to Ida, feeling closer to her than any of the others since they had both been at Miss Hazel’s before the others arrived. She carefully held the girls’ hands in hers as she walked to her friend.

“Ida, I want you to meet my new daughters. This is Millie,” she said, nodding to the girl on her right, “and this is Mary.”

Ida smiled at them. “It’s so nice to meet you. I hope you’ll be friends with Lily.”

Millie nodded. “We would love to be her friends.” She smiled at Lily and received a shy smile in return.

“How’s marriage treating you?” Madelyn asked, silently praying that her friend wouldn’t ask her the same question. She really didn’t want to discuss how much in love she already was with a man who didn’t have any feelings for her at all.

Ida shrugged. “It’s a learning experience. Marrying a stranger is not something I ever thought I’d do.”

“I know exactly what you mean! At least I got two beautiful new daughters out of it!”

They were joined by Callie and Colleen, and the four of them talked for a few minutes. When Bert came over to join her, she smiled at him. “I packed a picnic lunch for us. It’s in the cabin.”

He shrugged. “That sounds nice.” He took Millie’s hand to free one of hers and offered her his arm.

With a wave, she smiled at her friends and left the church with her new family. “I thought it would be nice to do something outdoors while the weather holds. It looks like it might snow again any time, but it’s beautiful today.”

“It is.”

She felt odd holding onto his arm as if their marriage was a normal one, but she didn’t say anything. She was just pleased he was at least making an effort in public.

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