Sarah's Orphans
“After Henry and Andy left, he fired it up and headed toward his brother’s dry goods store. He still wasn’t convinced that tractors were the way to go, but every man in their congregation had assured him he would change his mind in a few weeks when he began planting his first crop.
“Paul! What a nice surprise.” Rebecca rushed out from behind the counter to greet him.
“Needed to pick up more coffee.” He was both pleased and embarrassed by the smile on his sister-in-law’s face. In truth he’d been ...missing them too, but he hadn’t realized it until he walked into the store.
“I have a chicken roasting upstairs in the oven. There’s more than enough for all three of us.”
He didn’t even bother to resist the invitation. He might be good at rebuilding barns and fences, but he was a terrible cook. A man could only eat so many cans of soup.
An hour later, he helped her clean the dishes as his brother pulled out his pipe and studied it.
“Still pretending to smoke that thing?”MoreLess
“Paul! What a nice surprise.” Rebecca rushed out from behind the counter to greet him.
“Needed to pick up more coffee.” He was both pleased and embarrassed by the smile on his sister-in-law’s face. In truth he’d been ...missing them too, but he hadn’t realized it until he walked into the store.
“I have a chicken roasting upstairs in the oven. There’s more than enough for all three of us.”
He didn’t even bother to resist the invitation. He might be good at rebuilding barns and fences, but he was a terrible cook. A man could only eat so many cans of soup.
An hour later, he helped her clean the dishes as his brother pulled out his pipe and studied it.
“Still pretending to smoke that thing?”MoreLess
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