Lost in Plain Sight. Marta Perry
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Название: Lost in Plain Sight
Автор: Marta Perry
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Триллеры
isbn: 9781472052827
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“I’m supposed to work at the Reynolds house. But if Mrs. Reynolds hears…” She didn’t want to finish that, as she seemed to see all her jobs disappearing.
“If there’s a problem, you just come here instead,” Geneva said briskly. “And if not, come after work. You, too, Josiah. We’ll talk it over then.” She jumped up and came around the table to hug Leah. “In the meantime, try not to worry. Okay?”
“I will try.” That was easy to say. Leah had a feeling it would not be so easy to do.
Josiah spent the first part of the drive to the Miller farm trying to reassure Leah, but eventually he had to admit to himself that he couldn’t think of anything else to say. Leah didn’t seem inclined to talk, and soon the only sound was the clop of the mare’s hooves and the gentle creak of the buggy.
He stole a sideways glance at Leah’s face. Under the brim of her bonnet her expression was pensive, the corners of her soft lips drooping. She looked as if she’d given up already, and that made his heart hurt. Little Leah’s sorrows should be easily fixed, but this one… Despite Geneva Morgan’s optimism, he didn’t see a simple solution.
Leah’s lashes swept up, and she met his gaze. “Will you promise me something, Josiah?”
“If I can,” he said. Promises weren’t to be given unless he could be sure of keeping them.
Her lips firmed, as if she prepared to battle him over this, whatever it was. “Promise me you won’t tell anyone about this. Not right away, anyway.”
What was in her mind? “What about your mamm and daad? And Abe?”
“Not yet,” she said, her gaze suddenly pleading. “They will be so upset. And maybe by tomorrow, Geneva will have found something out.”
“Surely you want to tell Abe. He’s your big brother.” Abe had always been especially close to Leah. “He’d want to know.”
“He’d want to fix it,” she corrected with a slight smile. “And he can’t. Besides, he has enough on his hands now with a brand-new boppli. I don’t want him worrying about me.”
The determination in her voice surprised him a bit, but Leah was growing up, wasn’t she? And she knew her brother. Abe would want to make her problem better.
“All right,” he said finally. “But you’ll have to tell them soon, before they hear it from someone else.”
“Ja. I know.”
He didn’t have the heart to push her further. But he didn’t really see a way this would be cleared up without folks knowing.
He concentrated on the turn into the farm lane, trying not to think what Abe would say if he knew Josiah had held this back from him.
The farmhouse came into view, as well as the barns and outbuildings beyond. No one was in sight.
“Mamm and Daad and the little ones went over to the sale at New Holland today,” Leah said, interpreting his look. “They should be back soon.”
He pulled the buggy to a stop at the back door, and Leah jumped down.
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