The Amish Maid's Sweetheart by Samantha Price

Author:Samantha Price [Price, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Samantha Price

Claire’s father and her brother, Elias, were mending a fence on the far side of the property. She’d spotted them from Donovan’s car. He parked and then they walked toward them.

“Is it polite I ask your father for your hand?” Donovan whispered to Claire.

“No, it’s not done. No one asks.”

Elias was the first to see them. He tapped his father on the shoulder and his father turned around and waited for Claire and Donovan to reach them. Elias and Mr. Schoneberger nodded hello to Donovan and then looked at Claire.

“The reason we’ve come to find you is to tell you Claire has agreed to marry me.”

“Ach,” her father said as he took off his hat. “Is this what you want, Claire?”

“Jah, Dat, more than anything.”

Her father nodded and looked at Donovan.

“You would marry an Englischer, Claire, and leave us?” Elias asked.

Claire looked up into Elias’s face.

Donovan spoke before Claire had a chance. “I would like to learn more about the community. I have told Claire I will seriously consider joining, if I’m welcome, of course. I need to make an informed decision. Claire has agreed to marry me either way.”

“Are you angry, Dat?” Claire bit her lip not knowing if she could go through with it without their approval, and what if her mother cried?

“Nee, I thought this would happen when I saw Donovan at the barn raising. You're not the only one who sometimes knows things. Have you told your mudder?”

“Nee, we’re going to do that now.”

Her father nodded solemnly. “I’ll come with you.”

Donovan and Claire drove in the car and arrived at the house first. Staying in the car, they talked while they waited for Claire’s father and Elias to arrive.

“Your father took it better than I expected.”

“He’s always been that way,” Claire said. “He has a lot of faith.”

Donovan nodded.

Claire and Donovan got out of the car once Elias and Mr. Schoneberger arrived and they all walked into the house together.

Claire saw her mother coming out of the kitchen wiping her hands on a dishtowel. “Is anything wrong?”

Sally appeared behind their mother, standing with her arms crossed in front of her chest.

Dat spoke first. “Claire has something to tell you.”

Claire took a deep breath. She hadn't known how hard this was going to be. “Mamm, Donovan and I are getting married.”

She blinked a couple of times. “Your vadder and I thought this might happen. Are you leaving the community?”

Claire looked at Donovan who stood next to her and he gave her a smile. “For a time; Donovan might join us later.”

Donovan gently gave her a nudge with his shoulder prompting her to say, “I’ll collect my things and go now. I’ll be staying at the bed and breakfast.”

“Ah, separate rooms, of course,” Donovan added, “until the wedding.”

Her mudder took a deep breath and looked at her husband. Claire’s vadder put his arm around her mudder.

“I’ll help you pack your clothes,” Sally said softly.

Sally walked ahead of Claire up the stairs. Once they were inside Claire’s room, Sally said, “I’m pleased for you, Claire.

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