A Wife for Jacob. Rebecca Kertz
Lapp again and smiled.
“Annie,” her mother said, “Preacher Levi will be coming for supper tomorrow night. What shall we make?”
Annie thought about it. The preacher was a frequent dinner guest. “Fried chicken?”
Mam nodded approvingly. “And make something special for dessert.”
“Ja, Mam.” Maybe a cobbler, she thought. She could use a jar of the peaches she’d canned this summer. She mentioned it to her mother.
“Gut idea, Annie. And let’s make some sweet-and-vinegar green beans to go along with the chicken.”
Her thoughts returned to Jacob. The meal with him had been pleasant. In the midst of her family, she’d been able to relax and truly appreciate his company. He’d been polite, teasing at times, occasionally catching her glance with a look that made her feel warm inside. She recalled Jacob the boy and couldn’t help comparing him to the attractive man he’d become. She felt an infusion of heat. He was like a brother to her, she reminded herself.
Or was he?
The sun shone warm and bright in a clear azure sky, and there was barely a breeze on harvest day at her family’s farm. Annie stood outside next to her brother Josiah, watching as gray buggies drove down the lane toward the house and parked in a row in the barnyard. Other families came in horse-drawn wagons, some of which pulled farm equipment behind them. It was Monday instead of Tuesday, the day Annie and her family had expected the help. On Sunday, the community had decided to harvest their farm first after learning about her dat’s appointment with the doctor on Tuesday. When they were done with their farm, the workers would move from one neighbor’s farm property to the next, until everyone’s crops were harvested.
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