The Bride Price by Tracey Jane Jackson

Author:Tracey Jane Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, civil war, historical, pennsylvania, timetravel, portland, historical 1800s, portland oregon, harrisburg
Publisher: Tracey Jane Jackson

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Sophie was only in her room for a few minutes when she heard a knock at her door. Before she could answer, Christine poked her head in. “Sophie?”

Sophie chucked the pillow into the corner of the room with a frustrated groan.

Christine sat down next to her on the bed. “What happened?”

“He left—it’s a mess, everything’s a mess.”

“What do you mean?”

Sophie filled Christine in on everything that happened. Once she was done telling the story, she took a deep breath and climbed off the bed. Before she could say another word, there was another knock at the door. “Come in.”

Nona walked in.

Sophie chewed her lower lip. “Hi, Nona. I’m so sorry about all the drama. You have been so generous with your home and I don’t want you to think I take any of it for granted.”

“No need to apologize. We’ve needed something to shake off the cobwebs. There’s been so much doom and gloom with the war. Having you here has made it a little more bearable.”

Sophie sighed in relief. “Oh, Nona, I don’t know what I’d do without you. I’d probably have to marry Richard.” She shot a pointed look in Christine’s direction and felt somewhat vindicated by her blush.

Nona hugged her, chuckling quietly. “Sophie, you don’t need to worry about anything. You don’t have to marry anyone you don’t want to. We all consider you a part of this family and you are welcome to stay here as long as you like. Now, let’s go downstairs and get something to eat. You must be famished.”

Sophie pulled herself together and the three women made their way downstairs. They had a quiet dinner, and then Sophie and Christine decided to spend some time in the parlor, playing cards. The even got in a game of chess, but after a couple of hours, Sophie was getting more and more restless. She desperately wanted Jamie to come back but was afraid she had scared him off for good.

Christine sat down at the pianoforte. “Any requests?”

“If I give you a melody, do you think you could play it?” Sophie asked.

“Let’s try.”

Sophie started to sing a song she and Jamie wrote together. It took a few minutes, but Christine picked up the tune, and Sophie started to relax and let her voice go where it wanted to go. Singing for her had always been an outlet, and today that outlet was desperately needed.

Several minutes into their private concert, Christine stopped playing abruptly, and a strange look came over her face. Sophie turned to see Jamie standing in the doorway of the parlor, looking stunned. “Why do I know that song?”

Sophie made her way over to where he stood. “Because we wrote it together.”

“I’ll give you some privacy.” Christine rose from the piano.

Jamie nodded to her in thanks as she made her way out of the room. He turned back to Sophie with a tormented look on his face, and she reached out to touch his arm, but he deflected the contact and walked over to the window.

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