Day: December 6, 2016
Hard Time Marrying Part 24
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Image of frontier woman in her kitchen pulled from internet.
βAre you havinβ more trouble?β
βIβm afraid it might come early.β
βWell, ainβt nothinβ to be done about that.Β Just donβt overdo yourself and maybe it will hold.βΒ Emma reassured her.
βThatβs not what I mean.Β I think I was carrying this baby when I come here.βΒ Anya studied her lap.
βWell, Joe knowed you was a widow.Β You donβt look too far along.Β You been here long enough it might be Joeβs.β
βIt ainβt.Β Joe ainβt never touched me.Β Thatβs why I ainβt told him about the baby.Β It cainβt be his.Β I wish I would just lose it!Β I donβt want to Joe to put me out over this baby.Β Our life is just starting to be good.βΒ Anya cried softly.
βAnya.Β I know you a good woman the way you look after Joe and them youngβuns.Β Joe is a good man.Β You are gonna have to talk to him about this.Β Times is real hard out here.Β They ainβt a town fer miles.Β Good folks donβt just happen by.Β You anβ Joe might have a chance.Β I βspect Joeβs already suspicions βbout that baby.Β I knowed you was in the family way the minute I seen you.Β Rufus saw it, too.Β The Lord has done joined you together and you donβt need to be parted, not without trying.Β Youβre aβthinkinβ Joe ainβt gonna want you with this baby cominβ. Youβre a figurinβ you gonna lose him anyway.Β Joeβs a good man.Β Even if it turns out he donβt want you with this baby, you need to talk to him.Β Heβs showed you kindness all this time.Β He ainβt gonna grind you under his foot like a snake even if he donβt want you.Β The two of you can figure out somethinβ. Joe ainβt never had nobody to care about him before and that means a lot.βΒ
Even if Emma was wrong, her kindness eased Anyaβs fears.
βI just donβt want to put no more on Joe.β She explained.
βThen donβt leave his feelings out of this.Β Letβs get them dumplings started.Β The menfolk is gonna be hungry.βΒ Emma was a good woman.