Twice in a Lifetime
“Miz Callie’s voice was as tart as it ever got. “If he’d come to you, asked you to help him, of course you’d have done it, wouldn’t you?”
She nodded. Of course she would. “That wasn’t James’s way. He didn’t ask. He took.”
“Not a good quality in a husband, I’d say. And if your mamma had thought it through, she’d say the same. Goodness, she wouldn’t want someone like that in the family.”
Wouldn’t she? Georgia wasn’t so sure of that, but she felt stronger knowing that Miz Callie understood.
Lindsay... came running up to them and flopped down on a towel at Miz Callie’s feet. “Hot.” She pushed damp hair back from her forehead.
“You need to spend a little time in the shade, sugar.” Miz Callie handed her a water bottle. “Goodness, what was I thinkin’, letting you stay out in the heat this long?”
Lindsay leaned against her knee. “Tell me a story, please? About when you were a little girl on the island.”
Georgia’s attention sharpened. That was what she wanted to hear, too, but they had different reasons.MoreLess
She nodded. Of course she would. “That wasn’t James’s way. He didn’t ask. He took.”
“Not a good quality in a husband, I’d say. And if your mamma had thought it through, she’d say the same. Goodness, she wouldn’t want someone like that in the family.”
Wouldn’t she? Georgia wasn’t so sure of that, but she felt stronger knowing that Miz Callie understood.
Lindsay... came running up to them and flopped down on a towel at Miz Callie’s feet. “Hot.” She pushed damp hair back from her forehead.
“You need to spend a little time in the shade, sugar.” Miz Callie handed her a water bottle. “Goodness, what was I thinkin’, letting you stay out in the heat this long?”
Lindsay leaned against her knee. “Tell me a story, please? About when you were a little girl on the island.”
Georgia’s attention sharpened. That was what she wanted to hear, too, but they had different reasons.MoreLess
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