Bethy's Heart's Hideout (Amish Circle Series Book 4) by Esther Weaver Page B
Authors: Esther Weaver
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on her community, the idea of being shunned by her familye and friends terrified her. No, she simply had to find another solution to her problem.
The road sent clouds of dust up around Elizabeth as she walked and every so often, she absentmindedly wiped her face. She hardly noticed what she looked like as she was so deep in thought. Her mind was racing as she tried to figure out how she could solve her problem. She began by thinking about the eligible young men that were part of the local community. Ideally, she thought, she would like to stay in the local area.
The list of boys that were around her age and who were not paired up was fairly short. Her bruder Jacob had some friends but he was a little older than her and many of the boys that he had hung around with had either left to join other Amish communities or they had already found someone and were married or seriously courting. Jane and Grace had bruder s but they were also all taken or were young enough that it would be inappropriate to court them.
She briefly considered talking to Jane about whether anyone was available but crossed that possibility off of her list. Jane worked at the restaurant that her familye owned and she did get to see a regular stream of young men and women come through the doors. She felt odd asking her which ones seemed to have paired off, though. She supposed she could always go to a Singing next time the community held one but she wanted to find even the beginning of a solution before she did. She was a bit shy and the last thing she wanted to do was be in a place where she was the center of attention of a group of people. Then, she had an idea. It wasn’t an ideal solution to her problem but it just might work. She thought over a few details as she walked the last half-mile to her parents’ haus .
Elizabeth entered through the back door after shaking the dust off of her hem and cloak and wiping her feet on the back porch. As soon as the door opened, she smelled the mouth-watering scent of her mother’s beef stew and dumplings. It was her favorite meal and her mother didn’t make it nearly as often as Elizabeth wished that she would.
Elizabeth walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apron. The table had already been set and she realized that it had taken her much longer to walk home than she realized. She felt bad about the fact that she had not been here to help her maemm prepare supper and she hoped that it hadn’t upset her. Usually her maemm relied on her to do some of the set up for supper. Tonight, when she wanted to ask them something important, the last thing she wanted was for her parents to already be upset at her. Luckily, her mother didn’t seem like she was upset about how late Elizabeth had been. She simply asked her dochtah to bring the food to the table and wash up for dinner.
It wasn’t long before everyone was seated. The delicious smell of the meal had filtered all through the haus and everyone was hungry after working hard all day. Elizabeth sat with her familye and everyone lowered their heads while her daedd led the prayer. The next few minutes were silent as people passed dishes and filled their plates.
Elizabeth felt nervous as she waited for the chance to speak to her familye . Her daedd and maemm discussed important events at the store and on the farm as well as some of the more important happenings in the community. Her bruder chatted as well about a few of the things that had been happening with his friends. Then, it was Elizabeth’s time to speak and she cleared her throat nervously. She wasn’t sure how her request was going to be received by her familye .
“Hannah Sutter came in to the store today. She told me that Luke has proposed and they are getting married.” Her maemm let out a happy little cry. She liked Hannah and was happy that the girl had gotten better and had found happiness. She looked at Elizabeth and when it was clear that her dochtah had more to add, she quieted down
The road sent clouds of dust up around Elizabeth as she walked and every so often, she absentmindedly wiped her face. She hardly noticed what she looked like as she was so deep in thought. Her mind was racing as she tried to figure out how she could solve her problem. She began by thinking about the eligible young men that were part of the local community. Ideally, she thought, she would like to stay in the local area.
The list of boys that were around her age and who were not paired up was fairly short. Her bruder Jacob had some friends but he was a little older than her and many of the boys that he had hung around with had either left to join other Amish communities or they had already found someone and were married or seriously courting. Jane and Grace had bruder s but they were also all taken or were young enough that it would be inappropriate to court them.
She briefly considered talking to Jane about whether anyone was available but crossed that possibility off of her list. Jane worked at the restaurant that her familye owned and she did get to see a regular stream of young men and women come through the doors. She felt odd asking her which ones seemed to have paired off, though. She supposed she could always go to a Singing next time the community held one but she wanted to find even the beginning of a solution before she did. She was a bit shy and the last thing she wanted to do was be in a place where she was the center of attention of a group of people. Then, she had an idea. It wasn’t an ideal solution to her problem but it just might work. She thought over a few details as she walked the last half-mile to her parents’ haus .
Elizabeth entered through the back door after shaking the dust off of her hem and cloak and wiping her feet on the back porch. As soon as the door opened, she smelled the mouth-watering scent of her mother’s beef stew and dumplings. It was her favorite meal and her mother didn’t make it nearly as often as Elizabeth wished that she would.
Elizabeth walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apron. The table had already been set and she realized that it had taken her much longer to walk home than she realized. She felt bad about the fact that she had not been here to help her maemm prepare supper and she hoped that it hadn’t upset her. Usually her maemm relied on her to do some of the set up for supper. Tonight, when she wanted to ask them something important, the last thing she wanted was for her parents to already be upset at her. Luckily, her mother didn’t seem like she was upset about how late Elizabeth had been. She simply asked her dochtah to bring the food to the table and wash up for dinner.
It wasn’t long before everyone was seated. The delicious smell of the meal had filtered all through the haus and everyone was hungry after working hard all day. Elizabeth sat with her familye and everyone lowered their heads while her daedd led the prayer. The next few minutes were silent as people passed dishes and filled their plates.
Elizabeth felt nervous as she waited for the chance to speak to her familye . Her daedd and maemm discussed important events at the store and on the farm as well as some of the more important happenings in the community. Her bruder chatted as well about a few of the things that had been happening with his friends. Then, it was Elizabeth’s time to speak and she cleared her throat nervously. She wasn’t sure how her request was going to be received by her familye .
“Hannah Sutter came in to the store today. She told me that Luke has proposed and they are getting married.” Her maemm let out a happy little cry. She liked Hannah and was happy that the girl had gotten better and had found happiness. She looked at Elizabeth and when it was clear that her dochtah had more to add, she quieted down
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