A Simple Hope: a Lancaster Crossroads Novel
“Rachel said with a sigh. The highway before them glistened, as fat drops tapped the umbrella she held over Ben and herself on the gray Tuesday morning. Stubborn Ben had insisted on taking his open buggy when he was asked to drop her by the Lapps’ on his way to the feed store, and now the sky was opening up on them.
“I don’t mind it,” Ben said. “It’s part of the growing season.”
“Ya, but you’re already full grown,” she teased. She knew that the crops needed rain, but this morning she could have ...used a bright, sunny sky to boost her confidence. She wasn’t sure how James would take to her driving him into town.
“There you go.” Ben stopped the buggy at the top of the orchard lane. “Take that umbrella with you. I can’t be bothered with it.”
Holding the umbrella aloft, she climbed out of the buggy. “Don’t get too wet,” she told her brother.
Ben adjusted the brim of his black hat. “I’m like a duck. If I can’t fly between the raindrops, I’ll swim.”MoreLess
“I don’t mind it,” Ben said. “It’s part of the growing season.”
“Ya, but you’re already full grown,” she teased. She knew that the crops needed rain, but this morning she could have ...used a bright, sunny sky to boost her confidence. She wasn’t sure how James would take to her driving him into town.
“There you go.” Ben stopped the buggy at the top of the orchard lane. “Take that umbrella with you. I can’t be bothered with it.”
Holding the umbrella aloft, she climbed out of the buggy. “Don’t get too wet,” she told her brother.
Ben adjusted the brim of his black hat. “I’m like a duck. If I can’t fly between the raindrops, I’ll swim.”MoreLess
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