Wee William's Woman by Suzan Tisdale

Author:Suzan Tisdale
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Highland
Publisher: Suzan Tisdale
Published: 2013-03-08T06:00:00+00:00

Spring was in full force across the Highlands. Bluebells, daffodils, and buttercups were scattered across the bright spring grass. Newly born lambs walked on unsteady legs alongside their mothers. Countless birds flew about the blue sky. Normally, Aishlinn would have loved how beautiful Scotland looked on this warm and brilliant spring morning. This day however, she was unable to enjoy the splendor.

As Nora and Aishlinn walked along the path toward the castle, Aishlinn nodded toward the lambs in the fields. “It seems every mum can give birth but me!”

Nora smiled as she walked at a snails pace so that Aishlinn wouldn’t feel as though she were holding her back. She knew Aishlinn was growing more frustrated as each day passed without her pains starting.

“I have no doubt, now, Nora,” Aishlinn said with labored breaths, “’tis a boy I carry.”

Nora looped her arm through Aishlinn’s to help her along the path toward the castle. “You will find out soon enough,” Nora told her.

Aishlinn grunted. “I should have had this babe a sennight ago!” She paused to catch her breath. Her back ached from all the extra weight she carried and her feet were so swollen it hurt to walk. But Isobel had encouraged her to walk in hopes it would help bring on her labor pains. She was beginning to think the babe would never come.

“Aye,” Nora agreed, trying her best to lighten her friend’s spirits. “It must be Duncan’s son you carry, acting just like a true Highlander, taking his own good time.”

Aishlinn rubbed her back, let out a long breath and tried to smile. “The day Duncan proposed, he was so nervous, he said ‘I want to have yer bairns -- I wish now that he could!”

Nora could not help but laugh at the image that brought to her mind. “Can you imagine Duncan or Wee William heavy with child?” Nora puffed out her cheeks and stood on her tiptoes, and spoke in a thick Scottish brogue. “Och! I be a Highlander. I can do anythin’! Bravery and honor will ge’ me through me pains. And a wee dram of the chief’s best will no’ hurt!”

Aishlinn laughed until her eyes filled with tears. “Please, Nora! It hurts to laugh!”

While Nora did not envy Aishlinn her discomfort, she did envy Aishlinn’s life with Duncan and the life they created, even though he seemed intent on never leaving his mother’s womb.

“Aishlinn, what does it feel like?” The question was out of her mouth before she realized she had even thought it.

Aishlinn rubbed a hand across her stomach and smiled. “’Tis a good feeling most of the time. More the thought of having a babe to hold in my arms is better than actually carrying him around.”

Nora looped her arm through Aishlinn’s and they began walking again. Nora longed to know what it felt like to have a good husband to share her life with. Aishlinn had everything that Nora wanted: a good husband, a happy life, and a babe on the way.

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