The Mistaken Mail Order Bride
“Halfway into the game, there was a knock at the door.
Surprised, Caroline put the small stick back down. Who would be coming over here when Eric was at the jailhouse?
“I need to see who that is,” she told Caleb.
She rose to her feet and made it to the window in time for the person to knock again. She saw a lady waiting for her to open the door. The plate of cookies in the lady’s hands indicated she wanted to stay for a while and talk.
Caroline looked back at Caleb, who was watching her. “We’ll have to continue our game later. Why don’t you play with your top for a while?”
Without a word, Caleb picked up the top next to him and began playing with it.
Just as Caroline was thinking Caleb had to be one of the best behaved children she’d ever seen, the lady knocked on the door again. She hurried to the door and opened it.
“Good afternoon,” Caroline greeted.
“Hello. Are you the sheriff’s wife?” the lady asked.
Caroline suspected the lady already knew the answer to the question, but she said, “Yes.
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