When Love Calls by Lorna Seilstad

Author:Lorna Seilstad [Seilstad, Lorna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Christian, Historical, Romance, General
ISBN: 9781441241894
Google: mPGfqY72rBIC
Amazon: B00B85M0XG
Publisher: Revell
Published: 2013-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

22

Where was Hannah? Charlotte held the mint dress to her body and looked in the mirror. Yesterday she’d chosen this dress to wear, but perhaps her other Sunday dress would be a better choice. The burnt-orange color might complement her hair, although the mint-green dress was newer. If Hannah was here, she’d help her decide. Hannah never had trouble making a decision.

Charlotte glanced at the wall clock. How odd. Hannah should have been home half an hour ago. Rubbing her chin, Charlotte again glanced between the two dresses. She couldn’t wait any longer to decide. Before she could change her mind again, she grabbed the burnt-orange dress and shimmied into it.

It took several minutes to do up the long line of buttons on the cedar-brown voile trim running down the length of the dress’s front. She carried her hat downstairs, set it on a table in the parlor, and hurried to the kitchen to pack the food.

With the fried chicken wrapped in brown paper, she hoped it would stay warm and crispy. She added a jar of peaches to each box, then her fresh biscuits and some of the crab apple jelly she and her mother had made last year. The crowning glory was the dessert. No one could resist her warm apple charlotte smothered in velvety vanilla cream sauce. Her mouth watered thinking about it. Surely George would love it as much as she did.

She set the lid on the lace-trimmed box and tied it with a brown velvet ribbon that matched the one on her hat. George knew to be looking for that particular ribbon. She slipped knives, forks, and spoons beneath the ribbon’s bow, then did the same for the other box on the table.

“Tessa, do you see any sign of Hannah?”

The screen door banged open and shut before Tessa hurried into the room. “Not yet. I’m heading on over to Betty’s, okay?”

“Maybe you should wait for Hannah to get here. She might want to speak with you before you go.”

Tessa rolled her eyes. “She’d tell me to listen to Betty’s parents and not to get into any trouble.”

“And to not shock them with that scrapbook of yours.” Charlotte opened the cookie jar and removed two gingerbread wafers. She passed one to Tessa and ate the other.

Tessa took a bite. “They’re just headlines. They probably read them in the paper all the time.”

“But you have a way of finding the ones that give people nightmares.”

Tessa shrugged. “Those are the good ones. Speaking of headlines, do you want to hear my new favorite?”

“If I say no, you’re going to tell me anyway.”

“Probably.” Tessa took a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water. “I’d hate for you to miss it. It’s such a good one.”

Charlotte sighed. “Oh, all right, tell me.”

“‘Surgeon cuts arm during autopsy on rabies victim.’”

“Tessa! That’s awful.”

“I know. Isn’t it great?” Tessa downed her water. “No one could keep from reading that story, could they?”

Charlotte sighed. “Please don’t tell Betty’s parents about your hobby. They’re going to think you’re some kind of ill-bred heathen.

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