Vow Unbroken by Caryl Mcadoo

Author:Caryl Mcadoo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Howard Books

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SUE LAY THERE AWAKE with her mind going as fast as that storm had blown in. The frogs sang to each other, and if she listened, really listened to their song, she could imagine they were croaking their praise to the Creator. A breeze rustled the drying leaves, and they, too, sent their song to the heavens. The owl joined in with his whoo and made her think he might be asking who was more glorious than God. Could there be any more beautiful a symphony?

She didn’t want to think about Henry at all, but that’s exactly where her thoughts kept returning. His eyes haunted her; in a good way, but still, she wanted her musings to go somewhere else. That look, though; had there been something there? Like he wanted to hug her and kiss her. But she couldn’t let that happen, no matter how she felt.

Besides, she wasn’t sure she’d even seen it. Could be that was only what she wanted, all wrapped up in her sinful nature. She’d probably only invented what she hoped to see there in his eyes—or what the devil wanted her to see.

He didn’t have to be such a handsome man. Not in a pretty-boy way, but a rugged, manly kind of way. Why he hadn’t been around more sure posed a mystery. Especially since every other single man on the Sulphur Fork Prairie had eventually come calling to court her. Young and old alike, from nineteen to seventy-two years old. She smiled remembering. What an old geezer he was! Probably showed up on a dare.

It was all confusing. None of them had ever made butterflies swarm her belly like Henry though. But him not being a believer . . . She sighed. Maybe he had no interest in marriage and being tied down anyway. What she knew was that she was absolutely not interested in that kind of relationship with any man unless it led to marriage, and that debate—so far as Henry Buckmeyer was concerned—had been settled in her mind after the first hug.

She would never marry Patrick Henry Buckmeyer. She’d never tie him down. And she’d never marry an unbeliever. Besides, he’d admitted out of his own mouth that he was a killer—had killed seven men.

Arriving in Pleasant Mound; that’s what she’d think about. Seeing the Foglesongs again and Becky playing with Sassy. And the Howletts; Sue enjoyed Shannan so much, and it would be good to have the long trip to visit with her and Berta and Benny. The women always shared their fresh revelations. Why didn’t more men spend as much time in the Word as women?

Henry not being a believer was dreadfully worrisome. How could he have read the Bible through so many times and not have seen the Truth? And her Levi, too, he’d never asked Christ into his heart. Maybe because he’d been forced to grow up way too quick, and even though she’d done her best and truly loved the boy, he just always seemed unsettled.

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