The Lambrights had hosted all of them for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, and the men had removed the pew benches from the house, so today—at last—she could collapse. James would return to work in his shop and Abby would be packing up her sewing supplies at the mercantile. The newlyweds wouldn’t be moving in until this evening, so Emma figured to relax and let Dat do the same. What with all the food their neighbors had brought, she wouldn’t have to cook for days. Her brother waved one last time at the departing rigs and then steered her and Dat back into the house, out of the cold. Even though he’d taken Mamm’s death hard, James smiled as though he had a secret. “Eddie Brubaker will be here this morning to paint the kitchen and whichever room Abby will be sewing in,” he said. “It’s a surprise for her, but I figured everyone would feel cheerier in a bright yellow kitchen—” “Bright yellow?” As Emma gazed toward the large kitchen, where the pale blue paint had faded to a dull gray after several years, all she could think of was how much more work this surprise—this intrusion—would mean for her.
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