The Longing
“He reached for her, kissing her squarely on the lips.
“I’ll see you soon.” He gave her another quick squeeze.
She waved and watched him head toward the car, her heart beating fast as she opened the back door quietly. Recalling their exciting first date following the introductory dinner at the Kraybills’, Rhoda relived how awkward, even embarrassed she’d felt. The oddity of spending time with an attentive man, let alone an outsider not a single person in her life would approve of—aside from his ...aunt and uncle, of course— unnerved her when she contemplated it. She was still bemused as to why her employer was so keen on getting them together. Or at least it had seemed that way at the time.
Ken had made reservations for that first date at a fine restaurant in Reading, a thirty-minute drive northwest of Honey Brook. The food was delicious and everything as perfect as she’d ever imagined, but it had just seemed so peculiar to be out in public with a beau. Far different than the Amish custom of dating under the covering of night, alone in a courting buggy with only a horse as a chaperone.MoreLess
“I’ll see you soon.” He gave her another quick squeeze.
She waved and watched him head toward the car, her heart beating fast as she opened the back door quietly. Recalling their exciting first date following the introductory dinner at the Kraybills’, Rhoda relived how awkward, even embarrassed she’d felt. The oddity of spending time with an attentive man, let alone an outsider not a single person in her life would approve of—aside from his ...aunt and uncle, of course— unnerved her when she contemplated it. She was still bemused as to why her employer was so keen on getting them together. Or at least it had seemed that way at the time.
Ken had made reservations for that first date at a fine restaurant in Reading, a thirty-minute drive northwest of Honey Brook. The food was delicious and everything as perfect as she’d ever imagined, but it had just seemed so peculiar to be out in public with a beau. Far different than the Amish custom of dating under the covering of night, alone in a courting buggy with only a horse as a chaperone.MoreLess
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