The Narrow Way by Ruth Hartzler

Author:Ruth Hartzler [Hartzler, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781925689983
Publisher: Amish Romance Books

Chapter 12

Martha awoke before the first rays of sun. She tossed and turned. She didn’t want to get up and make herself coffee in case she woke Sheryl. Today was the day they were going camping. Martha considered she’d had a little bit too much excitement lately with the trip to New York. Sure, she had gained a chocolate contract, and that was what she had wanted. However, she didn’t feel as though she could go back to New York ever again. She also wasn’t sure about camping.

Martha had followed the same pattern since she was born, and now in a few short weeks of rumspringa her world had been turned upside down. She was beginning to crave the stability of her familiar surroundings. What’s more, she missed Moses. She hadn’t seen him for a while and she wondered what he was doing.

Mary had told her that Abigail Eicher was interested in David, but Martha knew that Abigail had always had eyes for Moses. Was that why she hadn’t heard from Moses? Was it because he was interested in Abigail? Or someone else?

Moses’s mother’s store was not too far from Martha’s apartment and Moses could easily visit if he wanted. Obviously he didn’t want to visit her.

Martha sat up and then lay back down. She tossed and turned, willing herself back to sleep. It did not work. Martha’s thoughts turned to Sam. She had seen more of him in the past day. He had shown her his stick collection and some of his rocks. He was a delightful boy. Martha wondered what her own son would look like. Would he look like Sam? Sam was tall for his age, and Moses was tall.

Martha sat bolt upright. Moses? Why did her mind follow that train of thought? Maybe she was overtired.

Martha laid back down and put the pillow over her head in the hopes she could go back to sleep if it was dark. That didn’t work, so after half an hour Martha got up and tiptoed into the kitchen. She looked at the coffee machine. It made a loud sound when it was turned on, and she didn’t want to wake Sheryl. Still, she faced this decision every morning and usually ended up making the coffee. Sometimes Sheryl woke and sometimes she didn’t. But even if the noise of the coffee machine did wake her, Sheryl never seemed to mind. Or maybe she was just being polite. Martha shrugged and turned on the coffee machine.

Martha was sitting alone at the table eating toast and drinking coffee. She had never once eaten alone before she had become English. It seemed strange and she didn’t like it. “Am I having second thoughts about being English?” Martha said quietly to herself.

“What did you say?” Sheryl said.

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t even see you come out of your bedroom. I didn’t wake you, did I?”

“No. I thought Gary said we were going to get an early start.”

“He did?”

Sheryl laughed. “Silly me. I forgot to tell you.

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