Jacob's Return
“Outside, Aaron was trying to break the ice over a puddle near his Pa-pop’s buggy. “How do you feel about Ruben and Es?” Rachel asked Jacob.
He lifted his mischievous son and put him in the buggy, then he needed to take the reins from his hands so he wouldn’t set Caliope to trotting. “Aaron, stop. Give Pa-pop the reins, now, and go sit in the back to wait for Emma. Good. He put Emma inside. There you go, Pumpkin.” And he turned to Rachel. “Come home with us.”
“I should go with Simon.”
“He has to... stay to meet with the Elders, Datt said. If you want to catch up to Es and Ruben, I’m your man.”
Rachel accepted Jacob’s hand and climbed inside. As soon as she got settled, Caliope began moving.
“You didn’t answer me,” she said after a while. “How do you feel about what Ruben did?”
After a quiet minute, Jacob turned to her and his smile was just about the nicest she’d ever seen. “I think it’s what they both want. I’m happy for them. And oh, Mudpie, I am happy for me.MoreLess
He lifted his mischievous son and put him in the buggy, then he needed to take the reins from his hands so he wouldn’t set Caliope to trotting. “Aaron, stop. Give Pa-pop the reins, now, and go sit in the back to wait for Emma. Good. He put Emma inside. There you go, Pumpkin.” And he turned to Rachel. “Come home with us.”
“I should go with Simon.”
“He has to... stay to meet with the Elders, Datt said. If you want to catch up to Es and Ruben, I’m your man.”
Rachel accepted Jacob’s hand and climbed inside. As soon as she got settled, Caliope began moving.
“You didn’t answer me,” she said after a while. “How do you feel about what Ruben did?”
After a quiet minute, Jacob turned to her and his smile was just about the nicest she’d ever seen. “I think it’s what they both want. I’m happy for them. And oh, Mudpie, I am happy for me.MoreLess
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