Courting Ruth
““Things are too complicated.”
“Because of what people say about me?”
She drew in a long breath.
The air was warm. Frogs and insects chirped and buzzed in the soft night. The air smelled of flowers and newly mown grass. Eli felt as though he would fly apart at any second, burst into splinters. He wanted this girl more than anything, more than he’d wanted his mother when she sent him away as a child…more than he wanted to fashion beautiful furniture out of seasoned hardwood. “Ruth.”
“Shh, hear me... out,” she murmured. “You have to understand. I can’t be selfish. I have to do what is right.”
“Maybe us meeting is right…is what we are supposed to do.” She was so near. He felt big and clumsy. His palm ached to enfold hers. All he wanted was to touch her hand. “I’ve done things I shouldn’t have. But I’d never do anything to hurt you.”
“I have to think, to decide what is best.” She toyed with the undone string on her Kapp. “If I did leave Mam…leave my home…it could only be with a baptized man who shared my faith, who could give his life to God, who could follow our rules.MoreLess
“Because of what people say about me?”
She drew in a long breath.
The air was warm. Frogs and insects chirped and buzzed in the soft night. The air smelled of flowers and newly mown grass. Eli felt as though he would fly apart at any second, burst into splinters. He wanted this girl more than anything, more than he’d wanted his mother when she sent him away as a child…more than he wanted to fashion beautiful furniture out of seasoned hardwood. “Ruth.”
“Shh, hear me... out,” she murmured. “You have to understand. I can’t be selfish. I have to do what is right.”
“Maybe us meeting is right…is what we are supposed to do.” She was so near. He felt big and clumsy. His palm ached to enfold hers. All he wanted was to touch her hand. “I’ve done things I shouldn’t have. But I’d never do anything to hurt you.”
“I have to think, to decide what is best.” She toyed with the undone string on her Kapp. “If I did leave Mam…leave my home…it could only be with a baptized man who shared my faith, who could give his life to God, who could follow our rules.MoreLess
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