The Bishop's Daughter by Wanda E. Brunstetter

Author:Wanda E. Brunstetter [Brunstetter, Wanda E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781616268442
Publisher: Barbour
Published: 2006-06-30T08:35:33+00:00

Since school would be starting in a few weeks, Leona spent most of her free time at the schoolhouse getting things ready. At least that was her excuse for being here—as she was today. The truth be told, she’d begun to look for ways to get away from her daed and his childish antics. Her faith in God, which had once been strong, was faltering in the midst of all her disappointments.

It helped some whenever Jimmy came over and kept Papa occupied. In fact, the young English man seemed to be Papa’s best friend these days, which Leona felt sure her daed needed. However, she had a hunch Papa’s friendship with Jimmy had hurt Abraham’s feelings. Papa had not only forgotten who Abraham was, but he didn’t perk up whenever Abraham came around the way he did with Jimmy. Leona had noticed the last couple of times Papa’s old friend had dropped by, her daed acted kind of strange. She figured Papa’s friendship with Jimmy might be the reason.

Leona glanced around the schoolhouse, wondering what she should do today. The walls had been painted, so no cleaning would need to be done on them. With the help of several parents, the desks had been cleaned and polished and a new blackboard had been put up—the kind Leona had requested.

“Maybe I should clean and organize my desk,” she said, turning in that direction. “Anything to keep my hands and thoughts occupied.”

Leona had only been working a few minutes when she heard a vehicle rumble into the school yard. She hurried to the front door and saw Jimmy and Papa climb out of Jimmy’s truck. I wonder what they want. I hope they’re not planning to stay long. I don’t need this interruption.

“Hi, Mary,” Papa said with a cheery wave. “We come to give you some wood.”

Leona glanced at Jimmy, who grinned at her and said, “I figured you’d be needing some firewood cut and stacked before school starts.”

“Actually, my students’ parents usually take turns bringing wood over during the school year.”

“That’s okay. This is something your dad can do, so I guess you’ll have some extra wood this school term.”

Papa shuffled his feet a few times and looked at Jimmy as if he’d taken leave of his senses. “I ain’t Mary’s daed. I’m her bruder.”

Jimmy shrugged, and Leona looked away. They had tried several times to explain things to Papa about his accident. Sometimes he seemed to grasp the fact that he had lost his memory, but other times he would only give them a blank stare. Even though Papa had called her “Ona” on a few occasions, he was still insistent that he was her little bruder, not her daed.

“Where would you like us to stack the wood once we get it cut?” Jimmy asked, halting Leona’s thoughts.

She motioned to the side of the building. “Are you sure it’s safe for him to be handling an ax? I mean, if he doesn’t remember how to use it. . .”

“I’ll do the cutting, and he can haul the wood over to the building and stack it.

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