Bridge of Scarlet Leaves
““Lordy, Maddie. You won’t believe it. You simply won’t.” Bea panted as she closed the shop’s door. “Oh, sugar, watch the iron.”
Maddie lifted the appliance from a customer’s pleated skirt in the nick of time.
“Just let me catch my breath.” Bea fanned herself with an envelope from the counter. An intentional delay, it seemed. What could have gone so wrong to give her second thoughts about relaying her discovery?
Oh, no—TJ. He must have been wounded. Could word travel faster through conversation ...than a telegram? He was still only in training with the Army Air Corps, but accidents occurred all the time. He could have been shot in a misfire at gunnery school.
Maddie had told him she agreed with his enlistment, after her initial jolt. Told him that giving each other space would be good for them both. But she hadn’t expected how hollow the house would feel, amplifying worries over his safety. Nor how challenging it would be to maintain a cool distance in their letters, which she suddenly regretted.MoreLess
Maddie lifted the appliance from a customer’s pleated skirt in the nick of time.
“Just let me catch my breath.” Bea fanned herself with an envelope from the counter. An intentional delay, it seemed. What could have gone so wrong to give her second thoughts about relaying her discovery?
Oh, no—TJ. He must have been wounded. Could word travel faster through conversation ...than a telegram? He was still only in training with the Army Air Corps, but accidents occurred all the time. He could have been shot in a misfire at gunnery school.
Maddie had told him she agreed with his enlistment, after her initial jolt. Told him that giving each other space would be good for them both. But she hadn’t expected how hollow the house would feel, amplifying worries over his safety. Nor how challenging it would be to maintain a cool distance in their letters, which she suddenly regretted.MoreLess
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