MA!” Eight-year-old Jeremy Tanner ran into the dress shop where his mother was pinning up the hem on a new dress intended for the Fourth of July picnic for one of her best clients, Miss Priscilla Bishop. “Jeremy, I am not deaf! I can hear you.” Abigail smiled at her youngest child. “Please sa...
The last she saw it, the table was covered with dirty dishes, and there was a lot of food left over. To her surprise, her kitchen was spotless, and there was a large pot simmering away on her stove. “Wow!” she whispered. “Wow oh wow!” “Hey there,” Lance said as he entered ...
"You help Jeffrey right this minute!" she ordered, pointing toward the pond where the Reverend was splashing and trying to get his footing on the slippery bank. When he fell backwards, Alex grinned in delight. "It is not funny! You are contemptible, Alex Martin!" Jenny shouted at him."Me 'contemp...
"Please don't!" she whispered as she pulled the blankets up even more, as if they would protect her from what he intended. Her green eyes filled with tears again as she looked at him.Jacob Tobias wasn't used to having a pretty woman look at him with absolute terror in her eyes, but that is exactl...
When he called me to tell me about the anonymous call he received, he played your message to me. I recognized your voice immediately." Michael watched the color drain from the blonde's face even as her blue eyes filled with hatred. "Molly came here to confront you about this, just as Mr. Bridges ...
"Are you crazy?" she asked. She'd seen the other female around town, and it was obvious from the way she was dressed that she was a lady. She was also holding the knife all wrong if she truly intended to use it."It's your fault my man lost interest in me!" The accusation hung in the air like a cl...
The problem with Jordan was that she could fend for herself, and there wasn’t one person in Sutter’s Corner who wanted to challenge her. The problem with Jordan was that she wasn’t too finicky or particular as to how she fended for herself. If someone came up missing a few eggs, or some corn from...
And she did have the ‘right’ of it! At least from her point of view. Her sister Stacy wanted to be loved for herself, and not because she was a television news reporter. Men asked her out all the time, but eventually Stacy would learn that all they were after was a share in her limelight, or t...
Noah held up his hand to stop her from speaking. “If you fuss at me, you’ll fetch your hairbrush and this will turn into a punishment instead of a reminder. Come here right now, and no more stalling. You need to take your pill.” Megan didn’t argue. She picked up the pill and drank the water ...
“What I done? You agreed to it, and you helped me write the letters!” Susie argued. She was a year younger than Sally, but at times it felt as though she was the one who should be older. “Besides, it was your idea in the first place!” she whispered. “Maybe so, but I’ve had second thoughts abou...