Talking For Two by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Author:Wanda E. Brunstetter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-10-29T00:00:00+00:00

Ten

It was nearly half an hour later when Cheryl finally walked out the door. Seth gave Tabby an apologetic look. “Sorry about that. Guess she’s a little anxious to get her new dummy.” He offered Tabby one of the most beautiful smiles she’d ever seen. “Before we continue with your lesson, I’d like to ask you a question.”

Her heart quickened. Why was he staring at her that way? She swallowed against the tightening in her throat. “What question?” she squeaked.

Seth dropped into the seat beside her. “I have to go to Seattle tomorrow—to pick up an old dummy at the Dummy Depot. I was wondering if you’d like to go along.”

Tabby’s mouth went dry. He was asking her to go to Seattle. Was this a date? No, it couldn’t be. Seth wouldn’t want to go out with someone as plain as her. Why didn’t he ask someone like cute Cheryl Stone? From the way the redhead kept flirting with him, Tabby was sure she would have jumped at the chance.

“Tabby?” Seth’s deep voice cut into her thoughts.

“H–huh?”

“Are you busy tomorrow? Would you like to go to Seattle?”

She blinked. “Really? You w–want m–me to go along?”

He nodded. “I thought after I finish my business at the Dummy Depot we could go down by the waterfront. Maybe eat lunch at Ivar’s Fish Bar and check out some of the gift shops along the wharf. I think it would be fun, don’t you?”

Tabby gazed at the floor as she mulled this idea over. Tomorrow was Saturday. She wouldn’t be working, and she had no other plans. She hadn’t been to the Seattle waterfront in ages. Despite the amount of people usually there, it wasn’t closed in the way so many of the buildings in Seattle Center were. The waterfront was open and smelled salty like the sea. Besides, it was an opportunity to spend an entire day with Seth.

“Tabby?”

She looked up. “Y–yes. I’d l–like to go.”

❧

Tabby didn’t sleep well that night. Excitement over spending a whole day with Seth occupied her thoughts and kept her tossing and turning. She was sure Seth wouldn’t appreciate her taking Rosie to talk through, but she was concerned about her stuttering. Seth had told her several times that her speech impediment didn’t bother him. It bothered her, though—a lot. She’d have given nearly anything to be confident and capable like normal people.

If only God hadn’t made me so different, she wrote in her journal before turning off the light by her bed.

Tabby let her head fall back as she leaned into the pillow. Maybe it wasn’t God who made me different. It’s all Lois’s fault. If she just wasn’t so beautiful and confident—everything Mom and Dad want in a daughter—everything I’m not. She squeezed her eyes tightly shut. Guess I can’t really blame Lois, either. She can’t help being beautiful and confident. It would take a miracle to make Mom and Dad love me the way they do her. They think I’m a failure.

The thrill of her upcoming date with Seth was overshadowed by pain.

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