Falling in Love With Her Husband

Falling in Love With Her Husband by Ruth Ann Nordin

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on my goal toward farming while I worked.
    I kept a calendar in my desk where I was marking down the
    days to when I could quit.

    I did enjoy giving Ann money so she could buy new
    foods to cook. She seemed to enjoy trying new foods, and I
    liked eating them. She was quickly turning into an expert
    cook. Coming home to one of her meals was the highlight
    of my day. It wasn"t just her cooking I looked forward to
    though. I mostly enjoyed coming home to her sweet smiles.
    This was one of those situations where I wanted to be with
    her and away from her at the same time.

    On the third Saturday in September, I went into town
    so I could do some additional bookkeeping for Mr. Richard.
    Afterwards, I took out enough money I had saved aside for a
    gift to buy Ann. She didn"t complain about a lack of
    anything, but I knew she liked to wear pretty dresses. She
    wasn"t able to buy any new dresses, and the ones from
    Virginia were wearing out. They weren"t made for
    housework. I found the pink dress she had worn at the
    dance. She had thrown it away, but I found it and set it
    aside for when I could afford to buy her a dress that was
    pretty but also durable.

    Since Mrs. Coley"s daughter, Daphne Rhodes,
    sewed dresses and other clothing for a living, I handed her
    Ann"s old pink dress and informed her that it was a little tight
    on Ann because Ann did complain about it at the dance.
    Daphne had a new blue and green dress ready on that
    Saturday, so after work, I went by to pay her and collect the
    dress. Daphne knew I wanted to keep the dress a secret,
    so she never mentioned it to anyone. I wanted Ann to be
    surprised by it since it was her birthday gift.

    Daphne wrapped it up in a pink cloth with a pink
    ribbon. I couldn"t wait to show it to Ann. Though I didn"t see
    the dress, Daphne had shown me the design and I thought it
    would look terrific on Ann. Of course, Ann could wear a
    potato sack and still be beautiful.
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    “I hope you don"t mind that I included a bonnet to
    match the dress,” Daphne said as she handed me the
    present.
    “Thank you, Mrs. Rhodes,” I replied. I paid
    her for the dress and included a tip for her thoughtfulness.

    “Thank you, Mr. Brothers. You are very generous. If
    you need any more dresses, I will be happy to make them
    for you. Your wife is a very nice woman. I know my mother
    enjoys her conversations with her.”

    I was pleased to hear this so I thanked her again and
    left. Ann didn"t seem to have any problems making friends.
    She naturally drew people to her with her sunny personality.

    As soon as I got home, I was anxious to surprise
    Ann. She wasn"t in the kitchen, parlor, dining room or any of
    the bedrooms. I hesitated to go to the scullery room
    because that"s where we took baths in the metal tub, but my
    excitement overcame my awkwardness. I noticed the
    scullery room door was shut so I tapped on the door.

    “Ann? Are you in there?”

    “Oh, Todd! I didn"t expect you back so early.”

    The sound of water splashing in the tub brought
    images of her taking a bath. I hadn"t seen a woman naked
    so I real y couldn"t visualize anything specific. I was
    enjoying the imagery that did come to mind, however. I
    pushed the thoughts aside.

    “I didn"t have to work the entire day. I have a
    surprise for you.”

    “Real y?”

    “You didn"t think I forgot your birthday, did you?”

    “Wel ... I didn"t even know you knew when my
    birthday was.”

    “Of course, I do. I"ve been to enough birthday dinner
    parties to remember.”

    “I need to finish washing my hair. I"l be out in a few
    minutes. Can you put the surprise in my room? I"l be there
    soon.”
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    Can I help? I can wash your back. I wanted to say
    this but I didn"t. Instead, I went to her bedroom and set the
    gift on her dresser. Her room was simple in its decoration
    since she didn"t bring many of her things in our hurried trek
    out west. Stil , there

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