The Amish Marriage Bargain by Marie E. Bast

Author:Marie E. Bast
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-10-08T15:38:13+00:00

Chapter Eleven

May finished sewing her strips of rags together, then started rolling them in a ball. Jah, this group of blues and yellows would make a beautiful rug when she had it woven.

Thad stepped in the doorway. “So here you are.” He crossed the sewing room and sat in the chair next to hers. He smelled gut. She tried to keep the smile off her face, but it was hard. The scent of his goat’s milk soap was a little intoxicating, and he’d combed his hair. He looked so handsome.

“How’s the new rug coming along?” he asked, his voice almost startling her.

“Your old shirts are going to look great alongside the yellow of this old tablecloth. What’s your dairy association meeting about tonight?”

“They want to start dumping milk in protest for having to sell it at regular price. Other small farmers across the country are starting to dump.”

May laid her ball of strips down and faced Thad. “What do you think?”

“I hate to dump perfectly gut milk, but I feel it’s important to follow what the majority wants. The association members need to stick together. They’ll probably take a vote tonight. But I shouldn’t be home too late. They might just have a discussion, then take the vote, if not tonight, then at the next meeting. They are letting everyone think about it.”

“Does discussion mean argue? Dumping sounds like a touchy subject when it comes to money. There could be strong opinions on both sides of the issue.”

Thad chuckled. “Jah, I’m afraid you’re probably right.” He glanced at the clock. “I better get going. See you later.”

At 7:00 p.m., May glanced out the window. Black clouds rolled and rumbled across the evening sky. The air had turned a greenish-gray. She laid her ball of strips down and hurried downstairs to close all the windows.

When she entered the kitchen, Thad burst through the door, turned and slammed it closed.

“What’s going on, Thad?”

His face was ashen. “There’s a tornado coming across the field. Grab Leah and head to the basement. Where’s Josie?”

May gasped. “She and Leah are both upstairs.”

“New plan. I’ll run up and get them. You get a lantern and go to the basement and get into the southwest corner. We’ll be right down.”

May scurried downstairs, hurriedly cleared the southwest corner and dragged an old mattress close so they could cover themselves with it. Within seconds, Thad was marching down the stairs holding Leah, followed by Josie close on his heels. By the time they reached her, the day had turned as black as night and the wind’s howling was deafening, sounding like a freight train passing directly overhead. Thad passed Leah to May, then grabbed the mattress and held it over them.

Before the mattress covered her eyes, May glanced at the window. She could see the trees bending so far over, she feared they’d snap clean off. She heard a loud cracking, like a tree falling. Crashing sounds next to the haus and farther away in the distance made her squeeze Thad’s arm.

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