Unyielding Hope (When Hope Calls Book #1) by Janette Oke & Laurel Oke Logan

Author:Janette Oke & Laurel Oke Logan [Oke, Janette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Fiction, FIC014000, FIC042030, Christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781493425150
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2020-05-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Guests

Children, we want you to meet someone new, someone who’ll be living with us from now on—at least for a while.” Grace addressed their little crew over the Saturday morning breakfast table. Her unexpected words stilled all activity around her for a moment. They watched her set a plate of bacon on the table and sit back down in her chair before anyone spoke again.

“Another kid?”

“No, George. Another adult, actually. Someone who’ll live with us and help to take care of us. Her name is Mrs. Tillden—Tillen-did.”

Lillian corrected softly, “Tillendynd.”

“Yes, that’s it. She’ll stay here in order to help with the cooking and the cleaning. That doesn’t mean we won’t still have chores to do and ways to share the work, but she’ll make it much easier on Miss Lillian and me.”

Harrison reached with his fingers for a slice of bacon, dropping it quickly when he realized it was still far too hot.

“Use your fork, please.”

Reaching again with a fork, he asked, “What’s she like?”

“She’s a woman who has already raised her family. She had seven children and they’re all grown up now—living on their own.”

“She’s old, ya mean.”

“Well, Hazel,” Grace explained evenly, “she might seem old to you, but not old to me. Being old depends on who you compare someone to. You seem old to a toddler. But it isn’t really the kind of word we’d like you to use anyway. It might hurt someone’s feelings. They might think that what you mean is that they’re too old to be useful. And, on the contrary, Mrs. Tilldenid will be very useful to us.”

“Does she like kids? She better like kids if she’s gonna live here.”

Lillian laughed. “Well, she raised seven of them, so I suppose she does. And she probably knows a lot about keeping children in line.” She glanced toward Harrison, who answered with a broad smile, half of the bacon slice still hanging out from between his teeth.

“Where’s she gonna stay? With you, Miss Lillian?”

“No, she’s going to bring her own bed along and put it in the workroom, right over there.” She motioned to the door just off the kitchen.

“That ain’t a bedroom.”

Grace answered, “No, it isn’t a proper bedroom, but we’ve fixed it up a little for her and she decided it’ll suit her just fine. We’ll need to be sure to respect her privacy there. So we won’t open that door or go in any longer without asking permission first.”

“Can I move up to the attic? There’s lotsa room up there.”

Lillian shook her head firmly. “No, George, we aren’t going to use the attic, remember? I explained that it wouldn’t be safe if there were a fire. The room you share with Harrison has a good-sized window and a porch roof you could crawl out on to escape, if need be.” And then she added even more seriously, “And only if need be.”

“When’s she comin’?”

Grace squinted toward the window. “This morning. She went back to the house where she’s been living to gather her things, and Mr.

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