Christmas in Sugarcreek
“Rebecca said from the other side of her half-open front door.
“First of all, I brought you some wood.” He smiled at the pile he’d just stacked neatly to the right of her porch.
“And secondly?”
Unable to help himself, he grinned even bigger. “Secondly, you know I had no choice. I couldn’t stay away.”
But instead of her looking pleased with his pronouncement, she looked even more pained.
“Becca, please let me in. It’s freezing cold out here.”
After a long hesitation, she opened the door and stepp...ed to one side.
“Rebecca?” her mother called out from a back room.
“It’s nothing, Mamm. Caleb is here. Again.” Narrowing her eyes at him, she added, “He won’t be staying long.”
Mildly irritated by her words—but even more depressed about the way she was pushing him away—Caleb marched into her living room and sat down.
She followed at a far slower pace. “What do you think you are doing?”
“Making myself at home. Come sit down, Becca,” he said before she could dart away.MoreLess
“First of all, I brought you some wood.” He smiled at the pile he’d just stacked neatly to the right of her porch.
“And secondly?”
Unable to help himself, he grinned even bigger. “Secondly, you know I had no choice. I couldn’t stay away.”
But instead of her looking pleased with his pronouncement, she looked even more pained.
“Becca, please let me in. It’s freezing cold out here.”
After a long hesitation, she opened the door and stepp...ed to one side.
“Rebecca?” her mother called out from a back room.
“It’s nothing, Mamm. Caleb is here. Again.” Narrowing her eyes at him, she added, “He won’t be staying long.”
Mildly irritated by her words—but even more depressed about the way she was pushing him away—Caleb marched into her living room and sat down.
She followed at a far slower pace. “What do you think you are doing?”
“Making myself at home. Come sit down, Becca,” he said before she could dart away.MoreLess
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