Song of My Heart
“But it took every bit of self-control she possessed. Although Thad didn’t set foot in the mercantile, she saw him everywhere. Each time she glimpsed the jar of candy sticks, she envisioned his fingers grasping a sackful of the striped treats to share with the town’s youngsters. In a green bolt of calico, she saw the color of his eyes. While organizing a shipment of men’s razors in the glass case on the counter, her fingers brushed the soft velvet backing and immediately she thought of the softness of Thad’s mustache against her lips.She’d sent him away, but she couldn’t escape him.Miss Melva and Miss Shelva clucked over her like a pair of overprotective hens, aware that Sadie’s heart was breaking. They threatened to march on down to the sheriff’s office and give Thad a good tongue-lashing, but Sadie managed to hold them at bay. It warmed her that the spinster twins were willing to stand up for her, but her heartache was her own doing—not Thad’s. And she told them so, earning a fresh r...ound of questions she couldn’t answer.Oh, how she wished she could tell them about the activities in the mercantile’s cellar on Tuesday nights.MoreLess
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